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Children's Book Press

Calling the Doves/El Canto de

Calling the Doves/El Canto de

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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.

English Translation

Calling the Doves

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.

Reading Levels

Ages:

  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10

Grades:

  • Grade 2
  • Grade 3
  • Grade 4

Book Details

Vendor: Children's Book Press

Binding: Paperback

Type: Picture Book

Copyright: 2001

Publisher: Children's Book Press

Genre: Biography and Autobiography

Fiction or Non Fiction: Non-Fiction

Subject: Family

Type of Spanish Book: Bilingual

Pages: 32

Author/Illustrator Details

Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
Author Origin: United States
Illustrator: Elly Simmons
IIlustrator Origin: United States

Weight/Dimensions

Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.1 x .1 (Inches)

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