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Con poemas traducidos por Margarita Engle, ¡Bravo! brilla en esta versión al español.
Músico, botánico, jugador de béisbol, piloto-los Latinos incluidos en esta colección provienen de muchos países diferentes y de muchos backgrounds diferentes. ¡Celebre sus logros y sus contribuciones a la historia colectiva y a una comunidad la cual continúa evolucionando y prospera el día de hoy!
¡Bravo! incluye poemas biográficos sobre: Aida de Acosta, Arnold Rojas, Baruj Benacerraf, César Chávez, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, Félix Varela, George Meléndez, José Martí, Juan de Miralles, Juana Briones, Julia de Burgos, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Paulina Pedroso, Pura Belpré, Roberto Clemente, Tito Puente, Ynes Mexia, Tomás Rivera
¡Bravo! is also available in English-language editions.
Musician, botanist, baseball player, pilot-the Latinos featured in
Bravo!, by author Margarita Engle and illustrator Rafael López, come from many different countries and from many different backgrounds.
Celebrate their accomplishments and their contributions to a collective history and a community that continues to evolve and thrive today!
About the author
Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many verse novels, memoirs, and picture books, including
The Surrender Tree,
All the Way to Havana,
Bravo!,
Drum Dream Girl, and
Dancing Hands. Awards include a Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Medals, Golden Kite Award, Walter Honor, Jane Addams Award, PEN U.S.A., and NSK Neustadt Prize, among others. Margarita served as the national 2017-2019 Young People's Poet Laureate. Recent young adult verse novels include
Wings in the Wild and
Wild Dreamers. Recent picture books include
Water Day and
The Sculptors of Light.
Margarita was born in Los Angeles, but developed a deep attachment to her mother's homeland during childhood summers with relatives on the island. She studied agronomy and botany along with creative writing, and now lives in central California.
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