Meet Ava, a plucky five-year-old who loves to help the people of her diverse city neighborhood solve problems with the help of the magical bodega she builds inside her abuelo’s real one.

The contemporary, diverse neighborhood of Alma’s Way meets the problem-solving heroine and imagination of Ada Twist, Scientist in this vibrant picture book series full of humor and heart, for ages 3–7.

Move over Alma and Ada Twist, there’s a new kid on the block! Five-year-old Ava has a big imagination and an even bigger heart. She loves her neighborhood. She loves the apartment she lives in with her mami, papi, and abuelo. She loves helping her friends and neighbors. And, most of all, she loves spending her days in her abuelo’s bodega.

Abuelo Carlos’s bodega is the center of their neighborhood. Whether someone needs paper plates or cat food, groceries or gossip, a baking dish or a helping hand, they can always find it down the bodega’s aisles!

When Ava’s friend Brody comes in one day with a problem of his own, it gives Ava an idea. She’ll build her own bodega, one that can help the kids of her neighborhood, just like Abuelo’s helps the grown-ups.

With some cardboard, tape, the power of imagination, and a little bit of magic, Ava’s Bodega is open for business!