Animal Poems of the Iguazu: Animalario del Iguazu (Bilingual English/Spanish)
by Francisco X Alarcon (Author) Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illustrator)
Following the Amerindian oral tradition, award-winning Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcon lets the animals of the Iguazu speak for themselves in their own soaring, roaring, fluttering voices, and the resulting poems are as urgent as they are beautiful and humorous.
In the magical rainforest of the Iguazu National Park, butterflies are the multicolored flowers of the air. Great dusky swifts watch over the park, and the untamed spirits of jaguars roam the jungle. Spanning three countries Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay the thundering waterfalls and lush green rainforests of the Iguazu have dazzled visitors for centuries, and are now in danger of being lost.
Siguiendo la tradición oral amerindia, el galardonado poeta chicano Francisco X. Alarcón deja que los animales del Iguazú hablen por sí mismos con sus propias voces altísimas, rugientes y revoloteantes, y los poemas resultantes son tan urgentes como hermosos y humorísticos.
En la selva mágica del Parque Nacional Iguazú, las mariposas son las flores multicolores del aire. Grandes vencejos oscuros vigilan el parque, y los espíritus indómitos de los jaguares vagan por la selva. Abarcando tres países, Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay, las estruendosas cataratas y las exuberantes selvas tropicales del Iguazú han deslumbrado a los visitantes durante siglos y ahora están en peligro de perderse.
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Francisco Alarcón was a renowned poet and educator, and a three-time winner of the Pura Belpré Author Award Honor for his bilingual Magical Cycle of the Seasons series of poetry for children. His many other honors include the American Book Award, the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award, the Chicano Literary Prize, and finalist for state poet laureate of California. Alarcón was also the author of several poetry collections for adults and textbooks for teaching Spanish. In addition, he directed the Spanish for Native Speakers Program at the University of California. Alarcón passed away in early 2016.
Maya Gonzalez is an author and the illustrator of many award-winning children's books published by Lee & Low. They are also a progressive educator who developed the symbol and theory of the Gender Wheel, a tool to express the dynamic, infinite, and inclusive reality of gender. Gonzalez creates gender-inclusive books and materials that focus on teaching, inspiring, and empowering children and adults to create personal and cultural change in their lives, and provides lectures and workshops to educators, parents, and caregivers. They live with their family in San Francisco, California. genderwheel.com
JNF003300 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Jungle Animals
Nature
Children's poetry, American
Rain forests
Children's poetry, Hispanic American (Spanish
Iguaocu Falls (Argentina and Brazil)
