Calling the Doves / el Canto de Las Palomas (Dual Eng/Sph) by Juan Felipe Herrera; Illustrated by Elly Simmons
	List Price:   $7.95 Unit Price:   $6.36 You Save:   $1.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   0892391669 ISBN-13:   9780892391660 Publisher:   Lee & Low; Children's Book Press Category:   Spanish Books, Dual Language Pub. Date:   March 2001 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback Ages:   6 and UP Grades:   1st and up
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION BIRDS_FICTION
Description/Notes
The acclaimed poet Juan Felipe Herrera grew up as a migrant farm worker. This beautifully illustrated book, rich in culture and realistic in detail, relates the inspirational story of his childhood and the closeness of a loving Latino family. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. This bilingual memoir by a celebrated poet paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood. Full-color illustrations. Now available in paperback, poet Juan Felipe Herrera’s bilingual memoir paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood. His rich, evocative prose re-creates the joy of eating under the open sky, celebrating at a fiesta with other farm families, and listening to his mother singing Mexican songs and his father calling the doves. “A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family.” — Booklist