Iguanas in the Snow

Most of the best children's poetry that I've seen is simple bright metaphor, like this:

_*A Blank White Page*_

is a meadow
after a snowfall
that a poem
hopes to cross

But this book also has little story poems like _*Migrant Life in Seasons*_. And it has snapshots of places and people in the neighborhood, like the description of Rocking Rafael the singing cable car conductor.

The exuberant pictures create a corresponding glow in the reader's spirit. I would totally use this in Spanish class in High School. And I will look for the other three in the set. And if I had kids, I would buy the set to share with them.

In the final installment in the series, Francisco X. Alarcón shows children a city where people are bridges to each other and children sing poetry in two languages. A family frolic in the snow reminds the poet of the iguanas playing by his grandmother's house in Mexico. Readers are dazzled by the promise of the seedling redwoods — like all children — destined to be the ancestors of tomorrow.

This book is a series of poems about where the author lived and some of her experiences. This would be a good book for 1st-4th grade. I particularly enjoyed this book because of its positive representation and the use of both English and Spanish writing.

First Snowfall
The sky
is sending
soft kisses
to the earth

Maya Christina Gonzalez's vibrant and joyous illustrations combined with Francisco X. Alarcon's luminous poetry make this collection of childrens seasonal poems a delight to behold. Quite simply, it will place a smile on your face.

This is an amazing book! There is both an English and Spanish version for each poem, and this could be a great way to include Spanish-speaking students and also a way to teach Spanish to children. The illustrations are very colorful and multicultural. There are also excerpts at the bottom of some of the pages that explain Mexican holiday traditions.

This is poetry book, where Francisco Alarcon, where for the first time he the author celebrated snow in the northern part of California and his experience of growing up bilingual and bicultural. The illustrations are very vibrant and beautiful . It is an English and Spanish version for each poem. This book can be used in a classroom when the teacher teaches poetry/ culture. I enjoyed the book very much.

This book has poetry in it that is written in both English and Spanish. There’s a poem about people being bridges to each other, San Francisco, family, and more. Each page is covered in diverse colors and the poem.

I enjoyed this book because it had both languages which is a really neat tool and could help teach students words in Spanish.

I would have the students read and try to write their own sentence using a classroom Spanish dictionary. We would have a class discussion about how many people from other countries learn to speak our language and that it would be nice for us to try to learn some of theirs.