A Movie in My Pillow/Una Pelicula En Mi Almohada: Poems/Poemas

by Jorge Argueta

Bilingual English/Spanish. Young Jorgito has come to live in the Mission District of San Francisco, but he hasn't forgotten the unique beauty of El Salvador.Young Jorgito has come to live in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892391650
• ISBN13: 9780892391653
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)
• Length: 31 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Reminds Me of El Salvador

Argueta's poems deal with his life in El Salvador and after immigrating to the US, his life in San Francisco. The poems are very simple. Personally, I think some could be better. I did like some like the one about playing "yoyo" which has a nice play of words in Spanish. Another one that I connected to is "leaving El Salvador" I found myself in very similar circunstances when I came here too. The best part of the book are the illustrations by Elizabeth Gomez. I love her art! It is very colorful and realistic. It's a good book to get to know the culture of "los salvadoreños." We need more books on our country.