This Big Sky
Written by: Pat Mora
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
"Latina poet Pat Mora offers 14 short poems about the American Southwest. Each poem appears within a double-page-spread illustration featuring cut and torn papers of varied hues and textures. The artwork creates its own impact, leaving an impression at least as strong as the verses in the reader's mind. Though many of the illustrations feature details of overlapped, textured papers, the most effective images are the clean lines of animals and trees silhouetted against sand or sky. The inclusion of a few Spanish words within the verse will please some readers and annoy others, but a glossary on the last page provides both pronunciation and translation. A visually dynamic collection of distinctively regional verse."
Booklist Review
Online Resources:
http://www.patmora.com/book_pages/bigsky.htm
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