Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando con Madre Tierra

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

An Américas Award Commended TitleRaw, honest and powerful, these moving bilingual poems by noted Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta explore a young Indigenous boy's connection to Mother Earth and how he is healed from the terrible wounds of racism he has endured. Tetl has learned from his grandmother about the spirituality of his ancestors, about how they viewed the earth as alive with sacred meaning. This helps him move from doubt and fear, created by the taunts of other children, to self-acceptance and a discovery of his love for nature.Mountains, wind, corn and stones all speak to Tetl, almost seeming to vibrate with life. He feels deep roots in them and, through them, he learns to speak and sing. They reveal his Nahuatl self and he realizes that he is special, beautiful and sacred.These gripping poems have something to teach us all, perhaps especially those who have been either intentionally or casually cruel or racist, as well as those who have been the victims of racism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-20
Mått:227 x 242 x 9 mm
Vikt:113 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Läsålder:3-6
Antal sidor:36
Förlag:Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Illustratör:Luca Angela Perez, Lucía Angela Pérez
ISBN:9781779460196
Utmärkelser:Commended for Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature 2007 (United States)

Utforska kategorier

Djur och natur inom Barn och ungdom
Naturvetenskap och teknik inom Barn och ungdom
Poesi och Antologier inom Barn och ungdom

Mer om författaren

JORGE ARGUETA, a Nahua from El Salvador and Poet Laureate Emeritus of San Mateo County, is a prize-winning author of more than twenty children’s books. His book Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and was named to USBBY’s Outstanding International Books List, ALA Notable Children’s Books and the Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices. Jorge is the founder of the International Children's Poetry Festival Manyula and the Library of Dreams, a non-profit organization that promotes literacy in El Salvador. Jorge divides his time between San Francisco, California, and El Salvador.A Texas native and daughter of late artist Gloria Osuna Perez, LUCÍA ANGELA PÉREZ is a visual artist with a degree in fine arts from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has illustrated several children's books including Little Gold Star by Joe Hayes, Every Child by Tish Hinojosa, and Talking with Mother Earth. She currently lives in El Paso, Texas.