Calling the Doves
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Product Description: Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera's story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother singing songs and reciting poetry, and his father telling stories and calling the doves.
Language: Spanish,Spanish (Bilingual Eng/Sp)
Special Populations: Migrant Farmworkers
Culture/Community: Mexican / Mexican American
Heritage & History: Hispanic Heritage and History
Themes for Children: Cultural Traditions, Family and Friends, Farms and Markets
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir
Audiobook: No
Age Level: 6-9
Publisher: Children's Book Press
Book Series: Migrant Farmworkers: Books for Kids, My Dad and Me: Stories About Fathers, My Home: Books for Young Children
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