De colores has been recorded by many different artists, including Los Lobos, Joan Baez, Raffi, Nana Mouskouri, Tish Hinojosa, Arlo Guthrie, José-Luis Orozco, Justo Lamas, Baldemar Velasquez, Tara Strong and Rachael Cantu ; as well as being referred to in the Flobots song "Handlebars"
He has written three award winning books, De Colores and Other Latin American Folk Songs for Children (Dutton 1994), Diez Deditos — Ten Little Fingers (Dutton 1997), and Fiestas (Dutton 2002).