My Mexico / Mexico Mio
$21.04
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
15 February 1999
Summary
Sway to the sounds, reach for the colors, dance to the rhythms, and you will find your own Mexico in these poems in both English and Spanish.
Johnston regales the senses with idyllic scenes of streets lined with a rainbow of adobe houses, with the scent of roses growing in coffee cans and lilies in chile jars, and with the sounds of fields of corn shaking quietly in the warm wind. The overall impression is one of sunbaked cheerfulness, warmth, and color ably reinforced by Sierra’s pas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780698117570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0698117573 |
| Author: | Tony Johnston |
| Publisher: | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm x 4mm |
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Praise for Mexico Mio“Johnston regales the senses with idyllic scenes of streets lined with a rainbow of adobe houses, with the scent of roses growing in coffee cans and lilies in chile jars, and with the sounds of fields of corn shaking quietly in the warm wind. The overall impression is one of sunbaked cheerfulness, warmth, and color ably reinforced by Sierra’s pastel-tinted artwork.”–Horn Book
About The Author
Tony Johnston
Tony Johnston has worked at a children’s book store, taught a course on picture book writing at UCLA, and studied poetry writing for children with Myra Cohn Livingston. Although she has published nearly seventy-five books, Johnston never stops working. She is grateful for the many ideas that come to her, for the chance to work toward what has become her life goal–to be a good storyteller.
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