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Gonzalez, Maya Christina
3 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Translated by Dana Goldberg.
A young boy imagines himself as a tree and muses that despite growing in different places, all trees have things in common. Although the poem's English text has a pleasantly gentle flow marked by rhyme and alliteration, the Spanish translation feels more stilted. Gonzalez blends watercolors, inks, and colored pencils to create soft-toned art that matches the soothing subject matter.
Reviewer: Siena Leslie
(3)
K-3
A girl expresses her love for the river and tells of its reciprocal affection. Gonzalez deftly describes, in English and Spanish, how the child feels connected with nature. This theme is echoed in the imaginative illustrations that, in one case, show the design on the girl's dress flowing into the river itself. The bilingual text is well integrated into the page design.
Reviewer: Tim Wadham
(3)
K-3
Maya's desert home looks dreary after a sandstorm turns everything beige. She has to look carefully to "find the colors in my world." The bilingual text relates how she notices the pink of the sunset, orange and purple flowers, and other surprising colors around her home. Lush, dreamy, purple- and pink-heavy paintings bring Maya's surroundings to life.
Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo
3 reviews
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