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Age Range
6 - 9
Genre
memoir
Copyright Year
2001-04-09
Page Count
30
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
9780892391325
Lexile
AD910
Themes
family
migrant workers
Hispanic culture

Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas (English & Spanish Edition)

Written by Juan Herrera and Illustrated by Elly Simmons

The poet Juan Felipe Herrera’s bilingual memoir paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood in the fields of California. His rich, evocative prose re-creates the joy of eating under the open sky, celebrating at a fiesta with other farm families, and listening to his mother singing Mexican songs, and his father calling the doves. His parents taught him a love for life outdoors and handed down the precious gift of poetry.

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Age Range
6 - 9
Genre
memoir
Copyright Year
2001-04-09
Page Count
30
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
9780892391325
Lexile
AD910
Themes
family
migrant workers
Hispanic culture
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