Salsa
Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem
Will be published approx. on 13. April 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-77306-003-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa.
A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.
The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra - the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, the conductor. They chop and then grind these ingredients in the molcajete, along with red chili peppers for the "hotness" that is so delicious, finally adding a squeeze of lime and a sprinkle of salt. When they are finished, their mother warms tortillas and their father lays out plates, as the whole family, including the cat and dog, dance salsa in mouth-watering anticipation.
Winner of the International Latino Book Award for Guacamole, Jorge Argueta has once again written a recipe-poem that families will delight in.
Each book in the cooking poem series features a talented illustrator from the Latino world. In Salsa the text is complemented by the rich, earthy illustrations of multiple award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh. His interest in honoring the art of the past in contemporary contexts is evident in these wonderful illustrations, which evoke the pre-Columbian Mixtec codex.
Key Text Features
recipe
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.
The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra - the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves of garlic, trumpets and the cilantro, the conductor. They chop and then grind these ingredients in the molcajete, along with red chili peppers for the "hotness" that is so delicious, finally adding a squeeze of lime and a sprinkle of salt. When they are finished, their mother warms tortillas and their father lays out plates, as the whole family, including the cat and dog, dance salsa in mouth-watering anticipation.
Winner of the International Latino Book Award for Guacamole, Jorge Argueta has once again written a recipe-poem that families will delight in.
Each book in the cooking poem series features a talented illustrator from the Latino world. In Salsa the text is complemented by the rich, earthy illustrations of multiple award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh. His interest in honoring the art of the past in contemporary contexts is evident in these wonderful illustrations, which evoke the pre-Columbian Mixtec codex.
Key Text Features
recipe
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Reviews / Votes
"A completely satisfying offering. A delectable work of art perfect for food-themed, bilingual, and Dia storytimes." - School Library Journal "Music, dancing and food unite in this giddy bilingual whirl." - Kirkus Reviews "Illustrations unite past and present, offering vivid depictions of contemporary life in the style of the ancient Mixtec codex." - BooklistMore details
Series
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
Interest Age: From 4 years
Product notice
Picture book
Illustrations
Color illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 266 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
126 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77306-003-3 (9781773060033)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
03/2015
Groundwood Books
€37.44
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Persons
JORGE ARGUETA, a Nahua from El Salvador and Poet Laureate Emeritus of San Mateo County, is a prize-winning author of more than twenty children's books. His book Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and was named to USBBY's Outstanding International Books List, ALA Notable Children's Books and the Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices. Jorge is the founder of the International Children's Poetry Festival Manyula and the Library of Dreams, a non-profit organization that promotes literacy in El Salvador. Jorge divides his time between San Francisco, California, and El Salvador.
DUNCAN TONATIUH is an author and illustrator of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including The Princess and the Warrior, Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote, Dear Primo and Diego Rivera. He won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Separate Is Never Equal, and Funny Bones was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. Other awards include the Pura Belpre Illustration Award and the Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, and commendations from the Americas Award and Notable Books for a Global Society. He lives in San Miguel Allende, Mexico.
ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Dia de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Americas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.
DUNCAN TONATIUH is an author and illustrator of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including The Princess and the Warrior, Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote, Dear Primo and Diego Rivera. He won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Separate Is Never Equal, and Funny Bones was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. Other awards include the Pura Belpre Illustration Award and the Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, and commendations from the Americas Award and Notable Books for a Global Society. He lives in San Miguel Allende, Mexico.
ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Dia de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Americas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.