Read Out Loud | MARTÍ’S SONG FOR FREEDOM 🇨🇺
SPANISH version: MARTÍ Y SUS VERSOS POR LA LIBERTAD 🇨🇺
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Written by Emma Otheguy; Illustrated by Beatriz Vidal
A bilingual biography of José Martí, who dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty, the abolishment of slavery, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual freedom. Written in verse with excerpts from Martí's seminal work, Versos sencillos.
ABOUT Emma Otheguy
Emma Otheguy is the author of the bilingual picture book Martí’s Song for Freedom (Lee & Low, 2017) about Cuban poet and national hero José Martí, as well as the forthcoming Pope Francis: Builder of Bridges (Bloomsbury, 2018) and Silver Meadows Summer (Knopf, 2019). Martí’s Song for Freedom received five starred reviews, from School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness. Martí was also named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and the New York Public Library. Otheguy’s short story for children “Fairies in Town” was awarded Magazine Merit Honors by SCBWI, and her scholarly article “Sermonizing in New York: The Children’s Magazines of Mary Mapes Dodge and José Martí” appeared in Ethics in Children’s Literature (Ashgate, 2014).
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Great book, but superimposing Spanish over English is not a great idea.
I hope you enjoyed both readings. The Spanish and English texts are side by side in this bilingual book.
it was a five out of ten for me
you can do anything.
amazing book i loved the poitry amazing wordes
amazing book i loved the poitry amazing wordes
I love it sooo much
I love it so much