FAVORITOS
by *Margarita Engle
Here are just a few
of my favorite poetry books
old and new,
to add to our summer
EXCITEMENT,
because la poesía
has always been such a grand part
of our wide-winged culture’s
powerful heart.
So fly into the world
of a book!
¡Vuela!
Happy summer!
¡Feliz verano!
A FEW LATINO POETRY FAVORITOS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN:
Ada, Alma Flor and Campoy, Isabel. 2011. Ten Little Puppies; Diez Perritos. New York: Rayo/ Harper Collins.
Alarcón, Francisco. 1998. From The Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems/Del Ombligo de la Luna y Otros Poemas de Verano. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press.
Argueta, Jorge Tetl. 2010. Arroz con leche; Rice Pudding. Toronto: Groundwood.
Delacre, Lulu. 2004. Arrorró Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games. New York: Scholastic.
González, Lucía. 1994. The Bossy Gallito. New York: Scholastic.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. 2001. Calling the Doves/El Canto de las Palomas. San Franscisco: Children’s Book Press.
Mora, Pat. 2007. Yum! Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! America’s Sproutings. New York: Lee & Low.
Tafolla, Carmen. 2008. What Can You Do With A Rebozo? ¿Qué Puedes Hacer Con Un Rebozo? Berkeley: Tricycle Press.
A FEW LATINO POETRY FAVORITOS FOR OLDER CHILDREN:
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. 2009. Diego; Bigger Than Life. New York: Marshall Cavendish.
Cofer, Judith Ortiz. 2004. Call Me María; A Novel in Letters, Poems, and Prose. New York: Orchard.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. 1998. Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish. New York: Harper Collins
McCall, Guadalupe García. 2011. Under the Mesquite. New York: Lee & Low.
Soto, Gary. 1992. Neighborhood Odes. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
These are just a few examples—for a more complete selection of multicultural poetry, ask your librarian, or visit: www.poetryforchildren.blogspot.com
Vardell, Sylvia. 2012. The Poetry Teacher’s Book of Lists. Princeton, NJ: Pomelo Books.
The Poetry Friday anthology series, published by Pomelo Press.
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*Brief bio
Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many books for young people, including the Newbery Honor-winning verse novel, The Surrender Tree, Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom. Her most recent books are: The Lightning Dreamer, Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist (Harcourt; ages 10 and up), Mountain Dog (Holt; ages 8 and up), and When You Wander, a Search and Rescue Dog Story (Holt, ages 2 and up).
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