Juan Felipe Herrera
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
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
Language
English
Formats
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,...
4) Imagina
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
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. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life."--From English-language edition.
5) Imagine
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life."-- dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A former United States Poet Laureate shares secrets about viewing the world from a poet's perspective, explaining how "jabberwalking" poets draw inspiration from everything they experience to express themselves in creative ways.
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Juanito accompanies his grandmother to a flea market in southern California, where he helps her and the other vendors and where they enjoy seeing old friends from their Mexican-American community.
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States and son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in the migrant fields of California. Exuberant and socially engaged, reflective and healing, this collection of new work from the nation's first Latino Poet Laureate is brimming with the wide-open vision and hard-won wisdom of a poet whose life and creative arc have spanned chasms of culture in an endless crossing, dreaming and back again....
12) SkateFate
Author
Language
English
Description
From U. S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera comes the powerful journey of Chicano teen Lucky Z. A former skateboarder who's anything but lucky, he finds triumph and power through his voice. Raw, cool, real-this novel in verse is a shout-out to teens to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, to raise their voice and find strength in the sheer and simple power of expression. Lucky Z has always lived on the edge-he loved to skateboard, to drag race,...
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Esmeralda is transformed into a superhero and flies off to rescue her mother, who visited Mexico without her green-card and is not being permitted to return to the United States.
14) Featherless
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Yolanda, a Puerto Rican girl, tries to come to terms with her painful past as she waits to see if her uncle recovers from injuries he suffered when the towers collapsed on September 11, 2001.
19) Cerca =: Close
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Algunas cosas estan cerca-- close. Otras cosas son lejanas-- far. Puedes decir lo que esta cerca?
20) Lejos =: Far
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
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.