A buoyant, breathtaking poem from Juan Felipe Herrera -- brilliantly
illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo -- speaks to every
dreaming heart. Now in a Spanish-language edition!
¿ALGUNA VEZ has imaginado quién serás cuando crezcas?
Cuando Juan Felipe Herrera era niño, recogió flores, ayudó a su mamá a
alimentar a los pollitos, durmió bajo el cielo centelleante y aprendió a
decirles adiós a sus amiguitos cada vez que su familia seguía el camino
campesino. Al crecer, Juan Felipe Herrera se convirtió en poeta.
Su hermoso poema, "Imagina" y las sugerentes ilustraciones de Lauren
Castillo le hablarán a cada lector y soñador que está buscando su lugar
en la vida.
¿Quién podrías llegar a ser? Imagina . . .
Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was
very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields
and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and
learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to a
new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write English
and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the street
after school. And when he grew up, he became the United States Poet
Laureate and read his poems aloud on the steps of the Library of
Congress. If he could do all of that . . . what could you do? With
this newly translated illustrated poem of endless possibility, Juan
Felipe Herrera and Lauren Castillo breathe magic into the hopes and
dreams of readers searching for their place in life.
