Confetti: Poems for Children

by Pat Mora, Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator)

Overview

The renowned poet Pat Mora celebrates the culture and landscape of the Southwest through the eyes of a Mexican American girl.

In this joyful and spirited collection, award-winning poet Pat Mora and fine artist Enrique 0. Sanchez celebrate the vivid landscape of the Southwest and the delightful rapport that children share with the natural world. Through language resounding with both English and Spanish, Confetti is also an anthem to the power of a child's imagination and pride:

I say yo soy libre, I am free, free, free, free as confetti.

Long-awaited by Ms. Mora's many fans, Confetti is a treasury to be shared with children everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781880000854
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books
Publication date:	05/01/2006
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	455,317
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Pat Mora is the celebrated Latina author of forty award-winning children’s poetry and prose picture books. A lifelong literacy advocate, she founded Children’s Day, Book Day (El día de los niños, el día de los libros) to celebrate children and motivate them to become readers with daily support from families, teachers, and librarians and annual festivities on April 30. Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit her online at patmora.com.

Enrique O. Sanchez has illustrated numerous award winning children's books, including Lee & Low's Abuela's Weave, Amelia's Road, and Confetti. A native of the Dominican Republic, he splits his time between his homes in Bass Harbor, Maine and Miami, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

"Narrative poems in free verse capture the rhythms and uniqueness of Southwest and its culture as seen through the eyes of a Mexican-American girl. The beauty of the natural world is captured in Sanchez's acrylic illustrations. A welcome addition." -- School Library Journal

"This collection of poems is as much fun to look at as it is to read. A good choice for choral reading or for reading aloud." -- Booklist

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From the Publisher

Gr 1-3-Narrative poems in free verse capture the rhythms and uniqueness of the Southwest and its culture as seen through the eyes of a Mexican-American girl. Many Spanish words are interwoven into the verses and translated in a glossary at the book's end. The beauty of the natural world is captured in Sanchez's acrylic illustrations. Done in hot colors reflecting the sun, their swirling, dreamlike patterns suggest the openness and vastness of the land and the freedom of its inhabitants. A welcome addition.-Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY

School Library Journal

Confetti ( Oct. 1996; 32 pp.; 1-880000-25-3): The best of these poems that mix English and Spanish ("I say yo soy libre") warmly evokes familiar touchstones of Mexican-American life. There's "Abuelita's yellowlap," a "dance-dancing panadero," who sings the dough to rise, and a woodcarver who "paints open the eyes" of animals "found asleep/in a piece of wood." Most of the poems by Mora (Uno, Dos, Tres, p. 139, etc.) are more ordinary—"Sun song. Sun song. Sun song." The soft, dreamy illustrations, with Southwestern motifs, are contrasted with borders of sharp colors, while small geometric pieces of confetti are "scattered" throughout.

Kirkus Reviews