Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xiii, 146 pages ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
Note |
"A Marcato book." |
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Jacket art by Kurt Vargo. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141). |
Summary |
A bilingual collection of poems, stories, and other writings which celebrates diversity among Latinos. |
Audience |
Ages 11 to 14. |
Contents |
Rapido, rapido: Jac$in$the$bag / Rosaura Sanchez -- Kennedy in the barrio / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- My Cuban body / Carolina Hospital -- Talking to the Rio Grande / Cecilio Garcia-Camarillo -- Mexicans begin jogging / Gary Soto -- La Llorona / Alcina Lubitch Domecq -- Rootas: Simple verses / Jose Marti -- Deportee / Martin Hoffman and Woody Guthrie -- Black dance / Luis Pales Matos -- Tio patricio / Jovita Gonzalez -- Kipling and I / Jesus Colon -- Life, trial, and death of Aurelio Pompa / Manuel Gamio -- P'atras y p'alante: Frutas / Ricardo Pau-Llosa -- Ricochet / Virgil Suarez -- Coca-Cola and coco frio / Martin Espada -- Jewish cemetery in Guanabacoa / Ruth Behar -- Corazon del corrido / Pat Mora -- Starfish / Dionisio D. Martinez -- Oy! What a holiday! / Ilan Stavans -- Sweet fifteen / Rolando Hinojosa-Smith -- Speakin' la voz: Harlem River kiss / Willie Perdomo -- Mi problema / Michele Serros -- La vida loca / Luis J. Rodriguez -- Sugarcane / Achy Obejas -- Lemon story / Alberto Alvaro Rios -- 'Twas the night / Maria Eugenia Morales -- Dear Rosita / Nash Candelaria -- Child of the Americas / Aurora Levins Morales -- Fragmentos / Demetria Martinez. |
Language |
Text in English and Spanish. |
Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
Subject |
Children's literature, American.
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Children's literature, American. |
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American literature -- Hispanic American authors.
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American literature -- Hispanic American authors. |
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Hispanic Americans -- Literary collections.
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Hispanic Americans. |
Genre/Form |
Literary collections.
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Subject |
Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile literature.
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Children's literature, Latin American.
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Children's literature, Latin American. |
Genre/Form |
Juvenile works.
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Short stories.
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Short stories.
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Literature.
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Literature.
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Added Author |
Vargö, Kurt, illustrator.
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Stavans, Ilan, editor.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Wáchale! 1st ed. Chicago : Cricket Books, 2001 (OCoLC)656473477 |
ISBN |
0812647505 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780812647501 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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