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    Calling the Doves/El Canto de

    Calling the Doves/El Canto de

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    • Paperback
    • Picture Book

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    Spanish Description

    Calling the Doves

    En este premiado libro ilustrado bilingüe, el poeta laureado de Estados Unidos Juan Felipe Herrera evoca su infancia como hijo de campesinos migrantes mexicanos en California. Con un lenguaje lírico en inglés y español, celebra los desayunos bajo el cielo abierto, las canciones mexicanas en la casita rodante que construyó su padre y las fiestas en las montañas con otras familias. Las canciones y la poesía de su madre, junto con los cuentos de su padre y su canto a las palomas, lo encaminaron a convertirse en poeta. Las radiantes pinturas de Elly Simmons iluminan este cariñoso retrato familiar. Ganador del premio Ezra Jack Keats.

    Reading Levels

    Ages:

    • 7
    • 8
    • 9
    • 10

    Grades:

    • Grade 2
    • Grade 3
    • Grade 4

    Book Details

    Copyright: 2001

    Publisher: Children's Book Press

    Author: Juan Felipe Herrera

    Subject: Family

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    About the Book

    In this award-winning bilingual picture book, U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera recalls his childhood as the son of Mexican migrant farmworkers in California. With lyrical language in both English and Spanish, he celebrates eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and joining other families at mountain fiestas. His mother's songs and poetry and his father's stories and dove calls set him on the path to becoming a poet. Elly Simmons's radiant paintings illuminate this loving self-portrait of family, work, and words. Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award.

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