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OverviewBilingual English/Spanish. Calling the Doves is Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother's songs and poetry, and his father's stories and his calling the doves. For Juan Felipe, the farmworker road was also the beginning of his personal road to becoming a writer. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Juan Felipe Herrera , Elly SimmonsPublisher: Children's Book Press,U.S. Imprint: Children's Book Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 19.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9780892391660ISBN 10: 0892391669 Pages: 32 Publication Date: 01 April 2014 Recommended Age: From 7 to 10 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Language: English & Spanish & Spanish Table of ContentsReviewsThe combination of a beautiful text and radiant paintings makes Calling the Doves an excellent bilingual picture book. -- School Library Journal A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family. A poetic picture-book memoir that will add beauty to any literature. . . collection. -- Booklist 0 """The combination of a beautiful text and radiant paintings makes Calling the Doves an excellent bilingual picture book."" -- School Library Journal ""A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family. A poetic picture-book memoir that will add beauty to any literature. . . collection."" -- Booklist Am�ricas Award Commended Title - Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs" """The combination of a beautiful text and radiant paintings makes Calling the Doves an excellent bilingual picture book."" -- School Library Journal ""A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family. A poetic picture-book memoir that will add beauty to any literature. . . collection."" -- Booklist" Author InformationJuan Herrera is an acclaimed poet and children's book author. His first children's book, Calling the Doves, won the prestigious Ezra Jack Keats Award, and another book, The Upside Down Boy, was made into a musical for young audiences in 2004. He teaches at California State University, Fresno. Elly Simmons is an internationally-exhibited painter. Her first picture book for Children's Book Press, Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueto, was highly praised for its rich colors and magnificent imagery. She lives with her family in Lagunitas, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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