Latino Rainbow: Poems about Latino Americans

by Carlos Cumpian

Book Overview

Through poetry and beautiful illustrations, these multicultural books tell the story of many courageous Americans -- women and men who followed their dreams to create a better life ... not just for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0516051539
• ISBN13: 9780516051536
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6

Customer Reviews

One of kind U.S. Latino biography book via poems for kids

Spectacular illustrations accompany Cumpian's biographical poems about famous U.S. Latinos such as Cesar Chavez, Linda Ronstadt, Richie Valens, Henry Cisneros, Carlos Cortez, the Neorican Poets, Tito Puente and others. Each poem educates while entertaining readers from grades four through twelve. Fun to read aloud in classrooms. A must for the bookshelves Latino households with children. The perfect holiday or birthday gift for that special child