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Alarcon, Francisco X.

From the Bellybutton of the Moon / Del ombligo de la luna: And Other Summer Poems / Y otros poemas de verano

32 pp. | Children's | August, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-89239-153-7 $$15.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. In twenty-two poems, each presented in Spanish and English, Alarc_n evokes his childhood summer vacations in Mexico. Memories of both people and landscape are sprinkled with vivid images, such as that of the "Summer Sun": "luminous / orange / hanging / from the tree / of noontime." The joyful illustrations add an almost tactile quality to this truly bilingual collection.
Reviewer: Elena Abos Alvarez-Buiza

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