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Herrera, Juan Felipe

The Upside Down Boy / El nino de cabeza

32 pp. | Children's | February, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-89239-162-6 $$15.95

(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 GÃ³mez's illustrations are colorful and ethereal.

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