![]() ![]() Book of the Week: Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispa.Teens/High School llegal by Bettina Restrepo. Grades 6-8 Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar. Gorgeous full-page portraits of each subject incorporate elements of the work for which they were known, while inspired spot illustrations add to the volume’s beauty. Bravo: Poems About Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle. Bravo: Poems about Amazing Hispanics by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael Lopez (9780805098761, Amazon) Latino heroes and heroines are depicted in poetry in this nonfiction picture book. The men and women profiled come from across Latin America and were accomplished in many fields. For the most part, I rather like most of these contributions. This book features the lives of a variety of Latinos who faced life's challenges with aplomb and in their own ways written in a poetic form. ![]() ![]() Brief biographical “Notes about the Lives” at volume’s end are a starting point for doing just that, while a concluding poem, “More and More Amazing Latinos,” is a treasure trove of additional names-and lives-to learn about. Bravo: Poems About Amazing Hispanics is a children's picture book written by Margarita Engle and illustrated by Rafael Lpez. “Flight! / I’m the first woman pilot, but I won’t be the last - / every little girl who sees me up here in blue sky / will surely grow up with dreams / of flying too!” (from “The World’s First Woman Pilot,” Aída de Acosta, 1884-1962, Cuba) Biographical poems introduce 18 Hispanics whose lives, notes author Margarita Engle, range from those “celebrated in their lifetimes but have been forgotten by history,” to others who “achieved lasting fame.” Even the shortest poems provide a brief but intriguing sense of their subjects’ lives and accomplishments while nurturing readers’ desire to learn more. ![]()
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