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Flutter & Hum / Aleteo y zumbido: Animal Poems / Poemas de animales
32 pp.
| Holt |
August, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-62779-103-8$17.99
(2)
K-3
Written first in Spanish then translated into English by the (non-native Spanish speaker) author, each of these animal poems is intricately connected to its corresponding gouache painting, with additional, thematic words found throughout the pictures. For example, in "Fish / El pez," a boy sleeps on a boat that floats above fish swimming in a sea of lulling words: linger, flow; luna, burbuja.
Reviewer: Celia C. Perez
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2015