Peter Laufer is the James Wallace Chair Professor in Journalism at the University of Oregon. He is author of many works of adult non-fiction including _¡Calexico! True Lives of the Borderland_ (University of Arizona Press). Susan L. Roth is illustrator of more than 50 picture books for children, many of which she has also written. Her collages illustrate _Parrots Over Puerto Rico_ (Lee and Low Books), which received the Robert F. Sibert Medal with co-author, Cindy Trumbore.
This delightful and audacious book will bring much joy to those who speak the lengua de la comunidad, and for those captivated by it! Wonderfully illustrated, the story speaks from the everyday experiencias auténticas of generations growing up as hablantes bilingües as well as the ways they inhabit and understand their heritage and their bicultural world. Un triunfo that touches los corazones of its readers, chicos y grandes! - Professor Claudia Holguín Mendoza University of Oregon, Spanish Heritage Language Program
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