| Xochitl and the Flowers / Xóchitl, La Niña de Las Flores Contributor(s): Argueta, Jorge (Author), Angel, Carl (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 089239224X ISBN-13: 9780892392247 Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA) OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: March 2008 Annotation: In this English-Spanish bilingual story by the award-winning author of "A Movie in My Pillow," a girl misses her friends, family and garden after she moves from El Salvador to San Francisco. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: E |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.1" W x 10.8" (0.35 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Locality - San Francisco, California - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: IPPY Award, Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Bilingual English/Spanish. Miles away from their home in El Salvador, Xochitl (SOH-cheel) and her family make a new home in the United States, but nothing is the same. Miles away from their home in El Salvador, Xochitl (SOH-cheel) and her family make a new home in the United States, but nothing is the same. Xochitl mourns a lovely garden and her family's small flower business, all left behind. Selling flowers on the street soon provides more than income for the Flores family: they begin to make friends with local storeowners and neighbors. But it is not until the family decides to start a nursery in its backyard that Xochitl begins to learn the true value of community in their adopted country. Basing his narrative on real-life events, prize-winning poet Jorge Argueta has crafted a tender, poetic, and moving story about a family's determination to set down roots and about their child's blooming among friends and neighbors. Artist Carl Angel's authentic and brilliant artwork splendidly documents this quintessentially American immigration story. |