Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780060276041)

From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, one of the most prominent Chicano poets writing today, here are poems like sweet music

Awarded the Pura Belpré Honor for this book, Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the confusion of growing up in an upside-down, jumbled-up world--between two cultures, two homes.

With a crazy maraca beat, Herrera creates poetry as rich and vibrant as mole de olé and pineapple tamales...an aroma of papaya...a clear soup with strong garlic, so you will grow, not disappear. Herrera's words show us what it means to laugh out loud until it feels like flying.

Juan Felipe Herrera's vibrant poems dance across these pages in a dazzling explosion of two languages, English and Spanish. Skillfully crafted, beautiful, joyful, fun, the poems are paired with whimsical black-and-white drawings by Karen Barbour. The resulting collage fills the soul and celebrates a life lived between two cultures.

Laughing out loud, I fly, toward the good things, to catch Mamá Lucha on the sidewalk, afterschool, waiting for the green-striped bus, on the side of the neighborhood store, next to almonds, José's tiny wooden mule, the wise boy from San Diego, teeth split apart, like mine in the coppery afternoon . . .

Author: Juan Felipe Herrera
ISBN-10: 0060276045
ISBN-13: 9780060276041
Publisher: Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 04/04/1998
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.26h x 5.93w x 0.42d
Award: Pura Belpre Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 05/01/1998 pg. 156
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1998 pg. 370 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/1998 pg. 738
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/2000 pg. 1342
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 - Recommended, Satisfactory