Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando Con Madre Tierra

by Jorge Argueta and Amparo Ortiz

Book Overview

An Americas Award Commended Title

Raw, honest and powerful, these moving bilingual poems by noted Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta explore a young Indigenous boy's connection to Mother Earth and how he is healed from the terrible wounds of racism he has endured. Tetl has learned from his grandmother about the spirituality of his ancestors, about how they viewed the earth as alive with sacred meaning. This helps him move from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888996268
• ISBN13: 9780888996268
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Libros Tigrillo
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3