02259cam a2200493 i 4500 623797290 TxAuBib 20000921120000.0 941220s1995||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 94045901/AC 9780892391325 0892391324 (OCoLC)31868014 PWmBRO eng rda TXKPL TxAuBib rda Herrera, Juan Felipe. Calling the doves El canto de las palomas. Canto de las palomas. San Francisco : Children's Book Press, 1995. 30 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier English and Spanish. SJ 02/96, BL 01/01/96, SJ 12/95. A rich, personal narrative about growing up as a migrant farmworker. Herrera relates how he learned to love the land from his father, and poetry from his mother. He uses lyrical passages to portray everyday life, e.g., the ritual of breakfast: "The sky was my blue spoon /the wavy clay of the land was my plate". The colored-pencil and acrylic illustrations are bright and at times fanciful. Simmon's artwork brings to life Herrera's words, which are printed in both English and Spanish. 0508 Brodart. AD910L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.5 0.5 18328. KPL. 20000921. Herrera, Juan Felipe Homes and haunts California Juvenile literature. Herrera, Juan Felipe. Herrera, Juan Felipe. Childhood and youth Juvenile literature. Mexican American families California Juvenile literature. Agricultural laborers California. Authors, American. Children of migrant laborers California Juvenile literature. Migrant labor California. Spanish language materials Bilingual. Mexican Americans Biography. California Social life and customs Juvenile literature. Simmons, Elly. TXKPL