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Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas

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Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas

Now available in paperback, poet Juan Felipe Herrera s bilingual memoir paints a vivid picture of his migrant farmworker childhood. 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. "A welcome alternative to the usually bleak portrayal of the migrant farmworker experience, this is an inspirational self-portrait of a loving Latino family. Booklist

Book Details:

Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 4/9/2001
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Age 6 and Up