Where Fireflies Dance / Ahi, donde bailan las luciérnagas

By Lucha Corpi, Mira Reisberg
Paperback: $12.95

Bilingual English/Spanish. In her first book for children, award-winning author Lucha Corpi remembers her childhood growing up in Jáltipan, Mexico, where the moon hung low and the fireflies flickered in the night air.

Description

In vivid and poetic detail, she recalls exploring with her brother the old haunted house of the legendary revolutionary Juan Sebastián, discovering the music that came from the jukebox at the local cantina, and getting caught by their mother for their mischievous adventures.

Most of all, she remembers the ballads her father sang and the stories her grandmother told. In her stories, her grandmother passes on an important message about growing up-each person, like the revolutionary Juan Sebastián, has a destiny to follow.

About the Creators

Lucha Corpi

Lucha Corpi is an award-winning poet and novelist. Born and raised in Mexico, she has published two highly regarded collections of poetry and a detective series, including Eulogy for a Brown Angel, winner of the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. Lucha lives and teaches in Oakland, California.

Mira Reisberg

Mira Reisberg was born in Australia. A painter, graphic designer, and the illustrator of several books for children, Mira has also taught art to both children and adults. She holds a Master’s in Fine Art and a PhD in Education with an emphasis on Cultural Studies and Art Education. She currently teaches in the Art Education program of Northern Illinois University, outside of Chicago.

Awards

  • Américas Award

    Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs

  • Texas Bluebonnet Award Shortlist

    Texas Library Association (TLA)

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391776
  • Price $12.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 9.75 × 8 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 1378
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / People & Places / Mexico
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / Family / Multigenerational
  • Themes Bilingual, Biography / Memoir, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Dreams & Aspirations, Families, Fathers, Friendship, Grandparents, Home, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Imagination, Informational / Expository Nonfiction, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Music, Nonfiction, Sharing & Giving, Siblings
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 7
  • Grade Range Grades K - 2
  • Guided Reading O
  • Spanish Guided Reading O
  • ATOS Book Level 3.9
  • DRA 30
  • Lexile Level 680
  • SRC 3.9
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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