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Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood -- that of the Maya K'iche'. Aquí era el paraíso / Here Was Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet Humberto Ak'abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya K'iche' village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe his own role as a poet of the place. Ak'abal writes about children, and grandfathers,...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"This Spanish-English bilingual edition is the first fully illustrated selection of Book of Questions: comprising 70 questions of the original 320, these poems, carefully woven together by theme and accompanying full-page illustrations, invite us to wonder at the natural world and the myriad mysteries it contains. "Book of Questions," written by beloved Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Neruda, was completed just months before his death in 1973,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Groundwood Books/Libros Tigrillo/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
A little girl chef dons her apron, singing and dancing around the kitchen as she shows us what to do. Argueta's gift in seeing beauty, magic and fun in everything around him makes this book a treasure -- avocados are like green precious stones, salt falls like rain, cilantro looks like a little tree and the spoon that scoops the avocado from its skin is like an excavating tractor. As in the previous cooking poems, "Guacamole" conveys the fun and pleasure...
4) Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems =: Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera : poems
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A bilingual collection of humorous and serious poems about family, nature, and celebrations by a renowned Mexican American poet.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
Provides a poetic recipe for rice pudding that not only offers instructions for making the treat but highlights the ways in which it can delight all the senses.
En este delicioso libro, el poeta Jorge Arguita nos brinda su receta preferida de arroz con leche. Esta receta es al mismo tiempo fácil de preparar y toda una experiencia poética para todos los sentidos y la imaginación.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"All sorts of animals flutter and hum, dance and stretch, and slither and leap their way through this joyful collection of poems in English and Spanish. Julie Paschkis's words and art sing in both languages, bringing out the beauty and playfulness of the animal world"--
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