El Desierto Es Mi Madre / Desert Is My Mother

"The Desert Is My Mother" is one of many lovely bilingual children's books by Pat Mora. This book, a story in poetic form, is illustrated most charmingly by Daniel Lechon. The lyrical format gives children an appreciation for the beauty of the desert through both the message and the medium. Each

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stanza starts off with "Le digo" ("I say"), e.g.,: "I say feed me. She serves red prickly pear on a spiked cactus." Although this and other books for children by Mora are meant for rather young children, I think that the colloquial bilingualism and poetry make it not inappropriate for early elementary kids as well.

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