Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics [Hardcover]

Musician, botanist, baseball player, pilotthe Latinos featured in this collection,Bravo!,come from many different countries and from many different backgrounds. Celebrate their accomplishments and their contributions to a collective history and a community that continues to evolve and thrive today!

Biographical poems include: Aida de Acosta, Arnold Rojas, Baruj Benacerraf, C?sar Ch?vez, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, F?lix Varela, George Mel?ndez, Jos? Mart?, Juan de Miralles, Juana Briones, Julia de Burgos, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Paulina Pedroso, Pura Belpr?, Roberto Clemente, Tito Puente, Ynes Mexia, Tom?s Rivera

Margarita Engleis a Cuban American poet, novelist, and journalist. She writes picture, middle grade, and young adult nonfiction books and novels in verse, including the Newbery Honor BookThe Surrender Treeand the Pura Belpr? Honor BooksThe Firefly LettersandHurricane Dancers.

Rafael L?pezHe has illustrated many award-winning books, includingBook Fiesta!by Pat Mora;Tito Puente Mambo King, by Monica Brown; andThe Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirredby Samantha Vamos.

Lopez's bright portraits of notable Hispanics have the large scale and graphic discipline of poster art, while Engle manages to compress the sweep of a biography into a sharp, compact free-verse poem about each life, from childhood on. Some are famous [...] All faced challenges [...] and made lasting contributions. New York Times Book ReviewonBravo!

this book is a welcome addition to schools and libraries, as it expands the canon of historically significant individuals in the United States in such a lyrical and aesthetically pleasing manner. School Library Journal,starred review, onBravo!

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