Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.3
Lexile Measure®: Not Available
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: NR
Genre
- Poetry and Rhymes
Theme/Subject
- Neighborhood Life
- Hispanic and Latin American
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
These poems about life in a Mexican-American neighborhood will strike a chord in everyone-young and old, rich and poor, rural and urban. From family pictures to pinatas, from the gato with a meow like a rusty latch to Fourth of July fireworks, Soto celebrates the startling and often overlooked moments that define childhood.About the Authors or Illustrators
Acclaimed artist David Diaz has been an illustrator and graphicdesigner for more than 20 years, and is recognized for his dynamicwork in national publications, popular products, and literaryworks for children and adults alike.
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