Jorge Luján
Author
Language
English
Description
The song of the rooster draws forth the universe and gives way to the dance of beings and objects as day draws its first brilliant breath. This book is so supremely simple that a baby can delight in it, and yet so complex that an adult reader can find joy in the poem and beautiful images over and over again.
Jorge Lujan dreamed this myth and, when he wrote it, understood that the rooster is the poet of the day. Manuel Monroy dipped his pen in the...
Author
Language
English
Description
A simple but empowering poem about creating a world, told from a young child's perspective.
When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world she discovers her own power and creates everything anew.
The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat's imaginative...
3) Rooster
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
[Bilingual ed.].
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 20 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First bilingual edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
Español
Description
When a little girl moves her hand, she changes the world as she discovers it. As she moves her known world, she discovers her own power and creates everything anew. The poem, written by Argentine poet Jorge Luján, comes from a culture saturated with magic, in which even the very young can make the world by reaching out and moving it. Mandana Sadat's imaginative illustrations deepen and enrich the text. Moví la mano / I Moved My Hand is a very special...
6) Colors!
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/Libros Tigrillo
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
[Bilingual ed.].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[26] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This bilingual, bicultural book presents us with a beautiful vision of a planet in which nature, words and the rising and setting of the sun and the moon exist in harmony.
Este libro, bilingúe y bicultural, nos presenta el hermoso panorama de un planeta en el cual la naturaleza, las palabras, y la salida y puesta del sol y la luna coexisten en armonía.