Dreams from Many Rivers by Margarita Engle - ISBN: 9781627795319
Hardcover
ón to modern-day sixth graders. Some voices are composite characters, not historical figures.

Dreams from Many Rivers

A Hispanic History of the United States Told in Poems

  • Hardcover

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    9 October 2019

Summary

From award-winning poet Margarita Engle comes Dreams from Many Rivers, an middle grade verse history of Latinos in the United States, told through many voices, and featuring illustrations by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez.From Juana Briones and Juan Ponce de León, to eighteenth century slaves and modern-day sixth graders, the many and varied people depicted in this moving narrative speak to the experiences and contributions of Latinos throughout the history of the United States, from the earlies…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781627795319
ISBN-10:1627795316
Author:Margarita Engle, Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company Inc
Imprint:Henry Holt & Company Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:9 October 2019
Weight:338g
Dimensions:208mm x 135mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Ambitiously covering more than 500 years of history, Engle brings an imaginative and personal voice to an impressive variety of perspectives … the poems tell of resistance to colonialism, of the courage and anguish of indigenous lives that were changed forever by the arrival of the Spanish, of the incessant greed, and of resilience.” –Booklist on Dreams from Many Rivers

“lifting unsung stories and centering Latinx perspectives … Engle makes a case for the necessity of bearing witness to both suffering and survival” –Publishers Weekly on Dreams from Many Rivers

“Engle addresses gaps in U.S. history for Latinxs, particularly topics that some may prefer omitted from cultural memory and the school curriculum.” –School Library Journal on Dreams from Many Rivers

About The Author

Margarita Engle

Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many verse books, including the Newbery Honor Book The Surrender Tree, PEN USA Award winner The Lightning Dreamer, and the Walter Dean Myers Honor Enchanted Air. margaritaengle.comBeatriz Gutierrez Hernandez is an illustrator and animator born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico and based in Brooklyn. She graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in communications design, with a focus in illustration. beatrizgutierrezh.com

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