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From: Angela Reynolds <angelar>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:26:25 -0800
I haven't heard much about this book-- my favorite of the Belpres this year. The poetry, in English, is very striking. (as I don't read Spanish very well, I cant speak to that..) I like the gray-scale drawings behind the poems-- they add a nice touch, a flavor perhaps, without being overpowering or the focus of the book. The language is full of wonderful, imaginative images, such as a "cilantro skyscraper", "circus kitchen", and "tractor dreams". Reading the poems as a whole, one gets a sense of spending a sunny afternoon with a creative person.
Angela J. Reynolds Youth Services Librarian Washington County Cooperative Library Services 111 NE Lincoln St. #230-L MS 58A Hillsboro, OR 97124036 503F694 fax: 503a5f01 angelar at wccls.lib.or.us
Received on Fri 10 Mar 2000 01:26:25 PM CST
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:26:25 -0800
I haven't heard much about this book-- my favorite of the Belpres this year. The poetry, in English, is very striking. (as I don't read Spanish very well, I cant speak to that..) I like the gray-scale drawings behind the poems-- they add a nice touch, a flavor perhaps, without being overpowering or the focus of the book. The language is full of wonderful, imaginative images, such as a "cilantro skyscraper", "circus kitchen", and "tractor dreams". Reading the poems as a whole, one gets a sense of spending a sunny afternoon with a creative person.
Angela J. Reynolds Youth Services Librarian Washington County Cooperative Library Services 111 NE Lincoln St. #230-L MS 58A Hillsboro, OR 97124036 503F694 fax: 503a5f01 angelar at wccls.lib.or.us
Received on Fri 10 Mar 2000 01:26:25 PM CST
