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From the Bellybutton of the Moon/Del ombligo de la luna: And Other Summer Poems/Y otros poemas de verano
With a poet's magical vision, Francisco X. Alarcó n takes young readers back to his childhood when he traveled with his family to Mexico to visit his grandmother and other relatives. Readers ride with him in the family station wagon across the misty mountain range to the little town of Atoyac, the beloved town of his ancestors. There he listens his grandma's colorful stori...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
June 23rd 2005
by Children's Book Press
(first published 1998)
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Erin Ramai
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This book is appropriate for children ages 5-10. It received a Pura Belpre Author Honor Award in 2000.
From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems is a collection of poems about Alarón’s childhood summers in Mexico. Because I speak Spanish, I really appreciated this bilingual poetry book. Sometimes I enjoyed the Spanish version of the poem more, which surprised me. However, because Francisco X. Alarcón is Mexican, it makes sense that the sound of the poem would be bes...more
From the Bellybutton of the Moon: And Other Summer Poems is a collection of poems about Alarón’s childhood summers in Mexico. Because I speak Spanish, I really appreciated this bilingual poetry book. Sometimes I enjoyed the Spanish version of the poem more, which surprised me. However, because Francisco X. Alarcón is Mexican, it makes sense that the sound of the poem would be bes...more
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1st – 6th grade
This book is in both Spanish and English which make it a great book for a multi-cultural class or class unit. The poems are simple in vocabulary which is why I feel it would be appropriate for even a first grader. The poems seem to simply describe the illustrations or topics for which they are about. An example being: Sunflower, somewhat a flower somehow a sun. The text is relative to a concrete idea however still abstract enough to require critical thinking skills at ma...more
This book is in both Spanish and English which make it a great book for a multi-cultural class or class unit. The poems are simple in vocabulary which is why I feel it would be appropriate for even a first grader. The poems seem to simply describe the illustrations or topics for which they are about. An example being: Sunflower, somewhat a flower somehow a sun. The text is relative to a concrete idea however still abstract enough to require critical thinking skills at ma...more
This is a colorful book of poetry that follows the childhood memories of Alarcón as he and his family venture back to Mexico each summer. The poems vary from celebrating the wind that blows in the car on the journey down to celebrating the green color of the summer months. The culture of the Mexican-American families that took this journey is celebrated with the bilingual text. It is evident that this collection of poems is authentic to the warm memories of being from two cultures and celebra...more
Kindergarten to 2nd grade
Gonzalez's vibrant, color-filled illustrations enhance Alarcon's simple, yet meaningful poems. Children will find appeal with the art, as well as the bilingual representation of the poetry on each page. Poems in this book focus on nature and summer, and rhyming is evident in many of the pieces. Images of the ocean and sky and islands are created in the mind in elegant snippets of phrases that encourage development and appreciation of poetry.
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Gonzalez's vibrant, color-filled illustrations enhance Alarcon's simple, yet meaningful poems. Children will find appeal with the art, as well as the bilingual representation of the poetry on each page. Poems in this book focus on nature and summer, and rhyming is evident in many of the pieces. Images of the ocean and sky and islands are created in the mind in elegant snippets of phrases that encourage development and appreciation of poetry.
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1st -5th Grade (Read aloud or independent reading)
Gonzalez paints vivid, colorful pictures to illustrate Alarcόn’s poetry that would easily draw in young children. Alarcόn includes the Spanish and English translation for each poem in this book. It seems to me that most of the poems included in this collection pertain to Mexico, I feel that most English speaking readers would not be able to relate to those poems, but may find the cultural background of a different ethnic group interes...more
Gonzalez paints vivid, colorful pictures to illustrate Alarcόn’s poetry that would easily draw in young children. Alarcόn includes the Spanish and English translation for each poem in this book. It seems to me that most of the poems included in this collection pertain to Mexico, I feel that most English speaking readers would not be able to relate to those poems, but may find the cultural background of a different ethnic group interes...more
1-3 (read alone)
Del Ombligo de la Luna uses bright colorful pictures to display what is going on in each poem. There is one to two poems on each page and each one of them is in Spanish and English. Some of the poems are relatively short. Some of the lines are repeated but I did not see any rhyme used. This book would be appealing to a child that is bilingual or is learning to speak Spanish or English.
Language Arts/Reading
This book could be used for spanish spe...more
Del Ombligo de la Luna uses bright colorful pictures to display what is going on in each poem. There is one to two poems on each page and each one of them is in Spanish and English. Some of the poems are relatively short. Some of the lines are repeated but I did not see any rhyme used. This book would be appealing to a child that is bilingual or is learning to speak Spanish or English.
Language Arts/Reading
This book could be used for spanish spe...more
Grades Pre-K – 3rd
This bilingural book is full of rhymes and short sentences. the imagery is playful, large and covers the entire page. Many of the poems are short and and are descriptive of the poem being talk about (describing the sun).
Life Science /Language Arts
Lesson idea: Students can study about the different elements of the earth
This bilingural book is full of rhymes and short sentences. the imagery is playful, large and covers the entire page. Many of the poems are short and and are descriptive of the poem being talk about (describing the sun).
Life Science /Language Arts
Lesson idea: Students can study about the different elements of the earth
I wasn't really excited with this book, the poems in English and Spanish, at times didn't make any sense to me. The illustrations were very colorful and, from my perspective, carried the book rather than the story. Too bad, I believe this is a well recognized Mexican-American author, but his book did not excite me.
Another great contribution by Francisco X. Alarcon. Every elementary classroom should invite his books in so that they can tickle the tongues and warm the hearts of children. I love "Ode to My Shoes".
Bilingual book about summer travels to Mexico of a family living in the US. Name comes from Mexico-Tenochtitlan Aztec island.
very colorful and entertaining..
A collection of bilingual poems about life in Mexico.
Sam Grace
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Recommends it for:
Mom; kids learning Spanish or English; kids with short attention spans
Shelves:
poetry,
pretty-pictures,
latinidad,
to-own,
poc,
in-spanish,
books-for-brown-and-white-parents
I read these to my monolingual (English-speaking) nephew, and the poems were so short and so beautiful sounding that he didn't mind sitting through them in Spanish before hearing them in English at all!
They are good to read aloud, but they are also good ON the page.
I agreed with back cover, too, the illustrator's art is joyful and bright and works very well with the poems.
They are good to read aloud, but they are also good ON the page.
I agreed with back cover, too, the illustrator's art is joyful and bright and works very well with the poems.
A loud and colorful bilingual picture book of poetry that celebrates and honors family, tradition vacation, traveling, and the ancient wisdom of the powerful and amusing stories grandfathers tell their grandchildren.
Cindi
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