The Elements of San Joaquin
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
The Elements of San Joaquin
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1452171955
Book Description
A timely new edition of a pioneering work in Latino literature, National Book Award nominee Gary Soto's first collection (originally published in 1977) draws on California's fertile San Joaquin Valley, the people, the place, and the hard agricultural work done there by immigrants. In these poems, joy and anger, violence and hope are placed in both the metaphorical and very real circumstances of the Valley. Rooted in personal experiences—of the poet as a young man, his friends, family, and neighbors—the poems are spare but expansive, with Soto's voice as important as ever. This welcome new edition has been expanded with a crucial selection of complementary poems (some previously unpublished) and a new introduction by the author.
The Festival of San Joaquin
Author : Zee Edgell
Publisher : Macmillian Caribbean Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780230029910
Book Description
This novel, set among the mestizo Spanish communities of rural Belize, gives a sympathetic and moving portrait of peasant life.
The Heart of California
Author : Aaron Gilbreath
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 11,36 MB
Release : 2020-11
Category : History
ISBN : 149622308X
Book Description
2022 Oregon Book Award Finalist A vivid journey through California's vast rural interior, The Heart of California weaves the story of historian Frank Latta's forgotten 1938 boat trip from Bakersfield to San Francisco with Aaron Gilbreath's trip retracing Latta's route by car during the 2014 drought. Latta embarked on his journey to publicize the need for dams and levees to improve flood control. Gilbreath made his own trip to profile Latta and the productive agricultural world that damming has created in the San Joaquin Valley, to describe the region's nearly lost indigenous culture and ecosystems, and to bring this complex yet largely ignored landscape to life. The Valley is home to some of California's fastest growing cities and, by some estimates, produces 25 percent of America's food. The Valley feeds too many people, and is too unique, to be ignored. To understand California, you have to understand the Valley. Mixing travel writing, historical recreations, western history, natural history, and first-person reportage, The Heart of California is a road-trip narrative about this fascinating region and its most important early documentarian.
Gary Soto
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780811807586
Book Description
Soto writes with a pure sweetness free of sentimentality that is almost extraordinary in modern American poetry. -- Andrew Hudgins. Soto insists on the possibility of a redemptive power, and he celebrates the heroic, quixotic capacity for survival in human beings and the natural world. -- Publishers Weekly. Soto has it all -- the learned craft, the intrinsic abilities with language, a fascinating autobiography, and the storyteller's ability to manipulate memories into folklore. -- Library Journal.
The Tale of Sunlight
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,66 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Book Description
New and Selected Poems
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher :
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 21,81 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Mexican Americans
ISBN :
Book Description
A collection of poems describing the experiences of Mexican Americans in California.
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements
Author : Lisa Congdon
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 18,33 MB
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1452162700
Book Description
A gorgeous nonfiction book for kids from bestselling artist and author Lisa Congdon! The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements leads young readers in an exploration of all 118 known elements. From their discoveries to their uses to their special properties, this vibrant book explores all things elements. • A visually stunning tour of the periodic table • Complete with profiles of notable scientists, amazing infographics, and more • Features an illustrated history of the periodic table's origins This artful survey of the elements combines science, history, trivia, humor, and endless fascination for science enthusiasts of every age. Middle grade readers will delight in this interesting take on the periodic table of elements. • Great for science lovers and Lisa Congdon fans alike • Resonates year-round as a go-to gift for birthdays and holidays for the science-loving kid • Perfect for children ages 10 and up • Equal parts educational and entertaining, this makes a great pick for parents and grandparents, as well as librarians, science teachers, and STEM educators. • You'll love this book if you love books like The Elements Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Periodic Table by DK, The Periodic Table by Sean Callery and Miranda Smith, and Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray.
Living Up The Street
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0440211700
Book Description
In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances.
Baseball in April and Other Stories
Author : Gary Soto
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152025670
Book Description
The Mexican American author Gary Soto draws on his own experience of growing up in California's Central Valley in this finely crafted collection of eleven short stories that reveal big themes in the small events of daily life. Crooked teeth, ponytailed girls, embarrassing grandfathers, imposter Barbies, annoying brothers, Little League tryouts, and karate lessons weave the colorful fabric of Soto's world. The smart, tough, vulnerable kids in these stories are Latino, but their dreams and desires belong to all of us. Glossary of Spanish terms included. Awards: ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Booklist Editors' Choice, Horn Book Fanfare Selection, Judy Lopez Memorial Honor Book, Parenting Magazine's Reading Magic Award, John and Patricia Beatty Award
