The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico with Paintings by Naomi Shihab Nye
	List Price:   $17.99 Unit Price:   $14.39 You Save:   $3.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0689820879 ISBN-13:   9780689820878 Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Simon Pulse Category:   Poetry, Rhymes & Songs, Spanish Books Pub. Date:   April 1998 Pages:   112 Format:   Paperback Ages:   8 to 12 Grades:   3 to
Awards
1995  Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature  Nominee/Honoree  2004  Independent Publisher Book Awards ( IPPYs ) (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S POETRY MEXICAN POETRY_TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH POETRY_COLLECTIONS MEXICAN LITERATURE_TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH POETRY_COLLECTIONS
Description/Notes
This anthology of poems and stories from Mexico, illustrated with the brilliant and vivid paintings of Mexican artists, provides a truly captivating experience for the reader. Each poem or story is presented in its original Spanish form, alongside the English translation. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. This gathering of poems and stories, told in both the original Spanish and translated English, transcends borders as it invites readers into a shared world of ideas, visions and dreams. Sixty-four great Mexican writers and painters are collected here, including Rosario Castellanos, Alberta Blanco, Octavio Paz, and Julio Galan.