Pub Date: April 1, 2014
Dewey: 811.54
LCCN: 94045901
Lexile Code: 0910
Features: Bilingual, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 9.50" L x 7.80" W ( 0.30 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | General | Poetry | Social Topics | Emigration Immigration and Refugees | Hispanic and Latino
Description: This bilingual memoir by a celebrated poet paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood. Full-color illustrations.
Brief description:
Elly Simmons is an internationally-exhibited painter. Her first picture book for Children's Book Press, Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueto, was highly praised for its rich colors and magnificent imagery. She lives with her family in Lagunitas, California.
Review Quotes:
"The combination of a beautiful text and radiant paintings makes Calling the Doves an excellent bilingual picture book." -- School Library Journal
"A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family. A poetic picture-book memoir that will add beauty to any literature, Latino culture, or biography collection." -- Booklist
Américas Award Commended Title - Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner - Grummond Children's Literature Collection