Jorge Argueta

"This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave -- the hope that lies behind their decision, but also the terrible sadness of leaving home. We learn about how far and hard the trip is, but also about the kindness of those along the way. Finally, once the caravan arrives...

Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

Unos hermanos preparan una salsa muy sabrosa en este poema para cocinar lleno de musicalidad que deleitará a toda la familia. Provides a poetic recipe for making salsa by grinding the ingredients together on a black lava mocaljete as the early Mesoamericans did.

A little girl chef dons her apron, singing and dancing around the kitchen as she shows us what to do. Argueta's gift in seeing beauty, magic and fun in everything around him makes this book a treasure -- avocados are like green precious stones, salt falls like rain, cilantro looks like a little tree and the spoon that scoops the avocado from its skin is like an excavating tractor. As in the previous cooking poems, "Guacamole" conveys the fun and pleasure...

"Describes--in English, Spanish, and Nahuat--the life cycle of water from the perspective of one drop"-- Provided by publisher.

Xochitl and her family, newly arrived in San Francisco from El Salvador, create a beautiful plant nursery in place of the garbage heap behind their apartment, and celebrate with their friends and neighbors.

A recipe, in poem form, for young and old to prepare a pot of tummy-filling bean soup. Sumario en español: Una receta, en forma de poema, para jóvenes y viejos para preparar una olla de barriga-llenado sopa de frijol.

Provides a poetic recipe for rice pudding that not only offers instructions for making the treat but highlights the ways in which it can delight all the senses. En este delicioso libro, el poeta Jorge Arguita nos brinda su receta preferida de arroz con leche. Esta receta es al mismo tiempo fácil de preparar y toda una experiencia poética para todos los sentidos y la imaginación.

With stunningly beautiful illustrations by Felipe Ugalde Alcantara that depict the natural world, this poem about the importance of fire reflects Argueta's indigenous roots and his appreciation for nature. Containing the English and Spanish text on each page, the entire poem appears at the end in Nahuat, the language of Argueta's Pipil-Nahua ancestors. The sequel to Agua, Aguita / Water, Little Water, this book is an excellent choice to encourage...