01973cam a2200433 i 4500 623730610 TxAuBib 20110122120000.0 000315s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||spa|u 99049113 9780892391622 0892391626 (OCoLC)42649608 DLC eng rda DLC KToSCC TxAuBib rda Herrera, Juan Felipe. The upside down boy : El nino de cabeza / story by/escrito por Juan Felipe Herrera ; illustrations by/ilustrado por Elizabeth Gomez. Nino de cabeza. San Francisco, CA : Children's Book, 2000. 31 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The author recalls the year when his farm worker parents settled down in the city so that he could go to school for the first time. Jaunito is bewildered by the new school and misses the warmth of country life. Everything he does feels upside down, and his tongue feels like a rock when he speaks English. But his sensitive teacher and loving family help him find his voice through poetry, art, and music. Full-color illustrations. 4-8. K-3. AD 450 Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.1 0.5 44068. 20110122. Herrera, Juan Felipe Childhood and youth Juvenile literature. Herrera, Juan Felipe Childhood and youth. Mexican American poets 20th century Biography Juvenile literature. Mexican American poets Biography. Spanish languange. Bilingual books. Poets, American. Spanish language materials Bilingual. Gómez, Elizabeth, illustrator. TXKPL