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Synopsis
Set in the Pilsen barrio of Chicago, this children's picture book gives a heartwarming message of hope. The heroine, America, is a primary school student who is unhappy in school until a poet visits the class and inspires the students to express themselves creatively-in Spanish or English. America Is Her Name emphasizes the power of individual creativity in overcoming a difficult environment and establishing self-worth and identity through the young girl America's desire and determination to be a writer. This story deals realistically with the problems in urban neighborhoods and has an upbeat theme: you can succeed in spite of the odds against you. Carlos Vazquez's inspired four-color illustrations give a vivid sense of the barrio, as well as the beauty and strength of the young girl America.
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"...a text sensitive to the fears and courage of immigrant children, this is a good introduction for children who are probably sharing their schools with immigrants just like América Soliz." -- Providence Journal
"The story is probably the best example of the kind of children's literature in Spanish we need in the U.S.A. So few stories feature a Latina against a U.S. setting, and this one is most exquisite. The urban setting, the aching memories of the girl's former life, the colors... I am just truly excited about this book." -- From a letter sent to Curbstone Press by Linda Goodman of Bilingual Publications Company, one of the major U.S. distributors of Spanish language books
"América is Her Name (which also comes in a Spanish edition, La Llaman América, translated by Tino Villanueva) is an invitation for all children to write, be poets and belong to the whole world. The color illustrations by Carlos Vázquez are fantastic and give one more! reason to read this book to your child." -- El Paso Times
About the Author
Luis J. Rodriguez grew up in Watts and East L.A. His bestselling memoir about gang life, Always Running (now available in paperback in both English and Spanish from Touchstone Books), won the Carl Sandburg Award. His Poems Across the Pavement (Tia Chucha Press) won the Poetry Center Book Award from San Francisco State University, and his poetry collection, The Concrete River was awarded the 1991 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Poetry. Mr. Rodriguez has worked extensively with gang members to guide them in positive directions, and he is frequently featured as a keynote speaker or guest poet at national conferences and cultural centers. Rodriguez explores the Chicano experience with an unrelenting, socially conscious eye that moved Larry Weintraub of the Chicago Sun-Times to call him a poet "we need to hear."
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- PublisherCurbstone Press,U.S.
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1880684403
- ISBN 13 9781880684405
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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