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Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States

PUBLISHER Square Fish (03/19/2013)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life.

Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory--and pain--of being Latino American.

Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Martn Espada, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, and a very personal introduction by Oscar Hijuelos, this collection encompasses the voices of Latino America. By selecting poems about the experiences of teenagers, Carlson has given a focus to that rich diversity; by presenting the poems both in their original language and in translation, she has made them available to us all.

As you move from memories of red wagons to dreams of orange trees to fights with street gangs, you feel Cool Salsa's musical and emotional cross rhythms. Here is a world of exciting poetry for you, y t tambin.
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ISBN-13: 9781250016782
ISBN-10: 1250016789
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: Spanish
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Page Count: 160
Carton Quantity: 18
Product Dimensions: 5.47 x 0.44 x 8.19 inches
Weight: 0.31 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Ikids, Bilingual, Glossary
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General
Juvenile Nonfiction | Hispanic & Latino
Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Study - Spanish
Grade Level: 7th Grade - College Freshman
Dewey Decimal: 811.540
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Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life.

Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory--and pain--of being Latino American.

Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Martn Espada, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, and a very personal introduction by Oscar Hijuelos, this collection encompasses the voices of Latino America. By selecting poems about the experiences of teenagers, Carlson has given a focus to that rich diversity; by presenting the poems both in their original language and in translation, she has made them available to us all.

As you move from memories of red wagons to dreams of orange trees to fights with street gangs, you feel Cool Salsa's musical and emotional cross rhythms. Here is a world of exciting poetry for you, y t tambin.

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