¡California, aquí vamos!

by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Takes the reader on an imaginary trip through California while offering information about the history and geography of this varied region with its numerous historic sites

Paperback

First published August 1, 1997

About the author

Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people—picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, holds a bachelor's and master's degree from San Diego State University and lives in north San Diego county with her family.

Reviews

[J-Lynn Van Pelt]

This book has a lot of information packed into the pages. On the left side of each two page spread is an elaborate illustration and a few lines written in rhyming verse. On the right side is a box full of often unrelated facts about California, surrounded by smaller pictures and labels. It seems like two separate books, the lyrical ode to California and the factual encyclopedia of facts. A positive to this approach is that the left pages would make a good read aloud to younger kids if you could get them to not want to know what else the books says, and the right side could be used for older elementary learners who are researching California history.

[Suzanne]

Good introductory overview for elementary age children.