Jorge Argueta
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Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.
¿Por qué los jóvenes que salen de su país para caminar a los Estados Unidos para buscar un hogar nuevo y seguro? Más de 100.000 niños han salido de Centroamérica. Este libro de poesía nos ayuda a entender...
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"Describes--in Spanish, English, and Nahuatl--the characteristics of fire from the perspective of one little spark"--
From its birth as a spark, Little Fire flits like a firefly and plays hide and seek inside a volcano. He grows between two sticks rubbed together or on a stone that strikes another. Little Fire is red, yellow, orange and turquoise. "I look like the sun / but I am no sun. / I am Fire, Little Fire / who laughs, / who dances." Little...
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An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border.
This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave — the hope that lies behind their decision, but also the terrible
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Jimena, de diez años, ama a El Salvador, pero cuando las pandillas amenazan con obligarla a unirse, ella y su madre emigran a los Estados Unidos, pero son separadas en la frontera.
Ten-year-old Jimena loves El Salvador but when gangs threaten to force her to join, she and her mother immigrate to the United States, but are separated at the border.
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Provides a poetic recipe for cheese tamalitos that not only offers instructions for making them but highlights the importance of corn in the foodways of the Americas.
Hacer tamalitos de maíz es delicioso y muy fácil. En este entretenido poema para cocinar, un hermano y una hermana te enseñan a preparar la masa y a rellenarla con queso, antes de envolverla en tuzas. En un lenguaje poético accesible, Jorge Argueta nos habla del maíz: de su...
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In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa. A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.
En este nuevo poema cocinar, Jorge Argueta nos trae una receta fácil y divertida para una deliciosa salsa. Un niño y su hermana se reúnen los ingredientes y se muelen en un molcajete, al igual que...
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A collection of works by poets and illustrators of diverse backgrounds sharing memorable childhood and family experiences and reflecting on their different heritages, traditions, and beliefs.
"I Remember! Come feast your eyes and ears on this illuminating collection of original poems and captivating images by a diverse group of poets and artists who share memorable childhood moments - from the joyous to the poignant - and reflect on the unique heritages,...