Elly Simmons

Books by This Illustrator

Calling the Doves

Illustration of young boy and his migrant family
Illustrated by: Elly Simmons
Age Level: 6-9
Language: Spanish, Spanish (Bilingual Eng/Sp)

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.