Juan Felipe Herrera
1) Imagine
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet." -- Jacket.
2) Featherless
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
30 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Although Tomasito's spina bifida keeps him in a wheelchair, where he often feels as confined as his flightless and featherless pet bird, he discovers that he can feel free when he is on the soccer field.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A former United States Poet Laureate shares secrets about viewing the world from a poet's perspective, explaining how "jabberwalking" poets draw inspiration from everything they experience to express themselves in creative ways.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xxiv, 310 pages ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
"For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Often political, never fainthearted, his career has been marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering the unknown and the unexpected. Through a variety of stages and transformations, Herrera...
Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
103 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Overview: Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States and son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in the migrant fields of California. Exuberant and socially engaged, reflective and healing, this collection of new work from the nation's first Latino Poet Laureate is brimming with the wide-open vision and hard-won wisdom of a poet whose life and creative arc have spanned chasms of culture in an endless crossing, dreaming and...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Mi cuarto está cerca de la cocina. My bedroom is close to the kitchen. Mi cuarto está cerca de la cocina. My bedroom is close to the kitchen."--Provided by publisher.
10) Lejos =: Far
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
A country boy leaves home to visit the far-off city and the seashore even farther away as he enjoys a vacation with his father.
Publisher
Kirkpatrick Foundation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"This new anthology of poems and prose, Love Can Be: A Literary Collection About Our Animals, is proof of what love can be, as thirty acclaimed authors join together to champion life in all its forms. This is their gift to the world, not just the artistry of their words, but their vision of an extended community that includes cats, birds, frogs, butterflies, bears, dogs, raccoons, horses--a full-out menagerie of being that enriches us all."--Publisher's...
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Tales of Two Americas, some of the literary world's most exciting writers look beyond numbers and wages to convey what it feels like to live in this divided nation. Their extraordinarily powerful stories, essays, and poems demonstrate how boundaries break down when experiences are shared, and that in sharing our stories we can help to alleviate a suffering that touches so many people." -- Page [4] cover.