The Ancestors Are Singing

By Tony Johnston

Lyrical meditations on Mexico "Moon over Mexico The moon's white eye watches over skyscrapers and stone temples alike." The poems in this tribute to the Mexico of the past and present show that history and modernity don't always meet in an easy alliance. With respect and passion for the lore and legend of its old civilizations, and concern and hope for the Mexico of today, Tony Johnston takes us from Mexico City to Oaxaca to Chiapas, from the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl to a shoeless boy selling newspapers, in this moving collection exuberantly illustrated by Karen Barbour.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374303479
• ISBN13: 9780374303471
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8