Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States (Bilingual English/ Spanish)

Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States (Bilingual English/ Spanish)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures.

Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life. Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. 

With poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Martín Espada, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, and a very personal introduction by Oscar Hijuelos, this collection encompasses the voices of Latino America.


Crecer latino en Estados Unidos significa hablar dos idiomas, vivir dos vidas, aprender las reglas de dos culturas.

Cool Salsa celebra los tonos, ritmos, sonidos y experiencias de esa doble vida. Aquí hay poemas sobre familias y fiestas, insultos y recuerdos tristes, perritos calientes y mangos, las dulces sílabas del español y las trampas del inglés.

Con poetas como Sandra Cisneros, Martín Espada, Gary Soto y Ed Vega, y una introducción muy personal de Oscar Hijuelos, esta colección abarca las voces de América Latina.

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Review quotes

"This spirited, significant collection of poetry for young adults by poets of Latin American heritage is enlivened both by the considerable energy of the poems and by the juxtaposition—and sometimes intermingling—of English and Spanish. ... The collection is eminently successful in celebrating the particular experience of growing up Latino in the United States." —The Horn Book, starred review
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781250016782
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Square Fish
Publication date
March 20, 2013
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
JNF020030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Foreign Language Study | Spanish
JNF018030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic/Latino
Library of Congress categories
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
Hispanic Americans
Children's poetry, Hispanic American (Spanish
Hispanic American poetry (Spanish)
Hispanic American children
Hispanic American authors

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