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(0)Juan Felipe Herrera
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Language
English
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Description
"An inspiring tribute to Hispanic Americans who have made a positive impact on the world. This visually stunning book showcases twenty Hispanic and Latino American men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, politics, science, humanitarianism, and athletics. Gorgeous portraits complement sparkling biographies of Cesar Chavez, Sonia Sotomayor, Ellen Ochoa, Roberto Clemente, and many more. Complete with timelines and famous quotes,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this collection of poems, written during and immediately after two years on the road as United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera reports back on his travels through contemporary America. Poems written in the heat of witness, and later, in quiet moments of reflection, coalesce into an urgent, trenchant, and yet hope-filled portrait. The struggle and pain of those pushed to the edges, the shootings and assaults and injustices of our streets,...
3) Imagine
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet." -- Jacket.
6) Imagina
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Spanish edition.
Language
Español
Description
¿Alguna vez has imaginado quién serás cuando crezcas? Cuando Juan Felipe Herrera era niño, recogió flores, audó a su mamá a alimentar a los pollitos, durmió bajo el cielo centelleante y aprendió a decirles adiós a sus amiguitos cada vez que su familia seguía el camino campesino. Al crecer, Juan Felipe Herrera se convirtió en poeta. Su hermoso poema, "Imagina" y las sugerentes ilustraciones de Lauren Castillo le hablarán...
11) Featherless
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Although Tomasito's spina bifida keeps him in a wheelchair, where he often feels as confined as his flightless and featherless pet bird, he discovers that he can feel free when he is on the soccer field.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Often political, never fainthearted, his career has been marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering the unknown and the unexpected. Through a variety of stages and transformations, Herrera...
14) Lejos =: Far
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A country boy leaves home to visit the far-off city and the seashore even farther away as he enjoys a vacation with his father.
15) Cerca =: Close
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A girl goes from her bedroom to the nearby kitchen and out the door, from one place to another that is close, until she gets where she wants to be.
18) El crossover
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"El fenómeno del básquetbol, Josh Bell, y su hermano gemelo, Jordan, son los reyes de la cancha, con esos crossovers inesperados que hacen llorar a los jugadores más duros. Pero cuando Jordan conoce a la nueva chica del colegio, lazos entre los gemelos se empiezan a desanudar. El baloncesto y la hermandad se entrelazan para mostrarles a Josh y Jordan que la vida no viene con un manual de jugadas y que, a veces, el asunto no es ganar."--
Fourteen-year-old...
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