My Daughter, My Son, The Eagle, The Dove - Hardcover

Castillo, Ana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525458565 ISBN 13: 9780525458562

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2000

Synopsis

Poetry based on Aztec chants also expresses the hopes that contemporary Mexican American parents feel as their children grow

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Guevara is the two-time winner of the Pura Belpr Award for Illustration for Chatos Kitchen and Chato and the Party Animals. About Chatos Kitchen, School Library Journal said, Guevaras striking illustrations enrich the text with delightful, witty details. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 7 Up-In a work best suited for adults, Castillo reworks ancient Nahuatl chants into modern form. The poetic text celebrates rites of passage in a young person's life, from birth through childhood and young adulthood, to marriage and parenthood. Two sections, one for a daughter and one for a son, share lessons, chiefly of self-respect and respect for other living things. "When you speak, speak/not too loud/and not soft/but with honest words/always." Guevara's beautiful earth-toned paintings on amate (Mexican bark) combine colorful depictions of day-to-day life with traditional Aztec glyphs, which also tell the unique stories of the girl and boy who are the subjects of the text. It is only through the pictures that readers learn that the girl grows up to be a pediatrician, the boy, an artist. The arrangement of text, jewel-toned illustrations, precise borders, and glyphs is visually arresting and emotionally affecting. Notes by both author and illustrator give valuable insight into the creation of the book and the melding of the ancient with the modern. A timeless work of art that expresses the hopes and dreams of parents of both eagles and doves.
Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0525458565
• ISBN 13: 9780525458562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Guevara Susan