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Book Detail
Calling the Doves |
Publication Information
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Author: Herrera, Juan |
Illustrator: Simmons, Elly |
Title: Calling the Doves |
Date: 1995 |
Publisher: Children's Book Press |
City: San Francisco |
ISBN, paperback: 0-89239-132-4 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, memoirs/reminiscences, true story, bilingual
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
The author joyously recounts the songs, the food, and the love of his parents of his boyhood in a migrant Mexican family in rhythmic, lyrical language with a bilingual format. The colorful illustrations recall both Diego Rivera and Marc Chagall in their folk origins. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book could be used with other books on migrant workers, i.e., Voices from the Fields or to contrast with European immigration, in Freedman's Immigrant Kids. The charm of this book lies in the rich family life filled with music, song, food, and friends. As a result, it might stimulate students to reminisce about their childhood experiences. A class might also discuss how parents and community in the story help overcome the hardships of migrant life. |
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