Author : Pat Mora, Illustrator : Enrique O. Sanchez
Kindergarten - 4th Grade

Confeti
Confetti

Confeti, Softcover, Spanish, Book, Pat Mora, Enrique O. Sanchez, Kindergarten - 4th Grade, 9781584302704, $7.95
Confetti, Softcover, English, Book, Pat Mora, Enrique O. Sanchez, Kindergarten - 4th Grade, 9781880000854, $7.95

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"Choices", Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Commended Lists Américas Award, Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs
Children's Books Mean Business, Children's Book Council
Notable Books for a Global Society, International Reading Association (IRA)

From the dawn of a beautiful morning to the cool dusk of the desert night, the sights and sounds of the Southwest are joyfully conveyed through the perspective of a young Mexican-American girl who lives there.

School Library Journal : Grade 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.

Booklist : Gr. 1-4, younger for reading aloud. Using Spanish and English, this collection of poems is as much fun to look at as it is to read. In "Colors Crackle, Colors Roar," Mora writes, "Gris whis-whis-whispers its kitten whispers" and "azul coo-coo-coo like pajaritos do." In "Purple Snake," a wood-carver with rough and wrinkled hands tells a young onlooker that animals are "asleep in a piece of wood" --until he releases them by carving them out. Featuring an assortment of subjects, these short poems incorporate varying amounts of Spanish into the English text. Sanchez's illustrations, with castanets, a giant saguaro cactus, Tarahumara drums, pinatas, "egg-bursts of bright confetti," and more, are full of color and provide youngsters with strong links to the subjects and activities in the poems. A good choice for choral reading or for reading aloud. A glossary with pronunciation guides is included.

Kirkus Reviews : 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. (Picture book/poetry. 4-6)

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