Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish

by Juan Felipe Herrera

Book Overview

From U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, one of the most prominent Chicano poets writing today, here are poems like sweet music

Awarded the Pura Belpr? Honor for this book, Herrera writes in both Spanish and English about the joy and laughter and sometimes the confusion of growing up in an upside-down, jumbled-up world--between two cultures, two homes.

With a crazy maraca beat, Herrera creates poetry as rich and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062444891
• ISBN13: 9780062444899
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Harperteen
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher