(2) K-3 Illustrated by Lauren Castillo. Castillo illustrates in ink and foam monoprints this sensitive, moving picture book inspired by former U.S. Poet Laureate Herrera's own life. Readers follow the child's experiences: he and his family leave their California farmworkers' village for a town and then a big city. The lyrical text's evocative language and imagery asks readers to imagine what it was like being him but also, more importantly, to "imagine what you could do."

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

(2) YA In a loose and jazzy style (and with a nod to Lewis Carroll), former U.S. Poet Laureate Herrera offers instructions for "Jabberwalking," or writing poetry while in motion. The volume weaves elements of the poet's day-to-day life with writing advice. His punctuation, spacing on the page, and freehand drawings all send the message of encouraging young writers to let their words flow unstopped by convention or constraint.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018

(4) YA Lucky Z's poetry journal reveals snapshots of his life--his mother's cancer death, his soldier father's breakdown, a drag-racing accident that leaves the teen in a wheelchair, a bully's attack, etc. The writing is highly imagistic, with a few of the poems bordering on incomprehensible. Some readers may feel for Lucky Z, but others will be alienated from his fiercely hermetic world.

Reviewer: Ashleigh Finn

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Anita De Lucio-Brock. In this slice-of-life story, Juanito and his grandmother sell clothes at a California flea market. Juanito spends most of his time at other booths, and Herrera's text is equally descriptive of the flea market ambiance in both English and Spanish. The illustrations are the weak link here, not quite attaining the true folk art quality to which they aspire.

Reviewer: Tim Wadham

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Elizabeth Gomez. A renowned Mexican-American poet writes about his childhood in this bilingual book. When Juanito's migrant worker family settles down in the city so he can go to school for the first time, he becomes the confused "upside down boy" in the English-speaking school. Herrera's poetic prose sings with a unique voice in both languages, and Gómez's illustrations are colorful and ethereal.

Reviewer: Elena Abos Alvarez-Buiza | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

(3) YA Inspired by Picasso's poetry, but rooted in the author's childhood, twenty-one poems (presented first in Spanish, then in English) paint word pictures that celebrate different ways of seeing. Steeped in sensual imagery, the verse fractures and transforms the ordinary into vivid, yet dreamlike, experiences. The poems are superimposed over spare, stylized drawings that accent an image or two from each poem.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.