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Loose Woman: Poems
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1995
My favorite collection of poetry
This is the book that made me fall in love with Sandra Cisneros and her work! She opens herself up and takes you through her highs and lows. You can't help laughing out loud or crying along as you read. "Cloud", is the poem that stands out most to me. Anyone who ...
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My Wicked Wicked Ways
Sandra Cisneros
Knopf, 1992
Song Sung Blue
The tragic are those figures who face devestation with a certain unblinking acceptance- not stoicism, not heroism- but the ability to look at themselves clearly. Sandra Cisneros, in her first collection of poems "My Wicked Wicked Ways" was able to evoke this sense of ...
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The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1991
Hairs!!!
Hairs chapter is my favorite.....it's short and sweet.....as a latina, i can really appreciate having immediate family so rich in differences....that is the beauty of being latino, is that we are so unique!
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Family Pictures, 15th Anniversary Edition / Cuadros de Familia, Edición Quinceañera
Children's Book Press, 2005
Cuadros de familia
This book is a must have for ALL classrooms, but especially Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms! I use it all year long! My students LOVE it so much that I bought them each their own copy for Día del niño this year. We use it as a writing prompt, they connect text ...
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Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 2003
Completely satisfied
Great selection, price and service. I will continue to purchase my books in this site.
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Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1992
True Writing
Wow - I don't agree at all with the reviewers who coined this "feminist" or "chicana". I mean, sure it is that, but it's so much more!
Cisneros's use of language and lyricism is at once beautiful and incredibly effective. She is one of the few writers who uses ...
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El arroyo de la Llorona y otros cuentos
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1996
Cisneros
I love this book. Cisneros writes in such a beautiful and poetic style that I am immediately wherever she takes me. Often when reading this, I had to stop to write down certain lines that appealed to me, such as, "...I believe that love is always eternal. Even if ...
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Hairs/Pelitos
Sandra Cisneros
Dragonfly Books, 1997
Wonderful Hairs
Hairs Pelitos by Sandra Cisernos is an excellent resource for early childhood educators and parents. It is a bilingual story that describes the differences between family members' hair. It offers children the experience of diversity within one's own family and how ...
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La casa en Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1994
Mango Street - un regalo!
I was very happy to find this fine reading of this work on Amazon. Now I will be able to use it in my Spanish classes! as you know, the novel is wonderful, and the translation and reading are excellent. I am glad it was available. Now -when is some publisher going to ...
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Elements of Literature: Third Course
Robert Anderson, John Leggett, ...
Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1993
Elements of Literature highly rated by English teachers
This is the premier textbook for English classes today. It is an excellent selection of plays, short stories and non-fiction. I have seen a copy of most literature textbooks on the market today, and this is the best. The selections are great, and they are tied to basic ...
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My First Book of Proverbs/Mi primer libro de dichos
Ralfka Gonzalez, Ana Ruiz
Children's Book Press, 2002
In this collection of Mexican dichos (proverbs), artists Ralfka Gonzalez and Ana Ruiz bring to life their favorite sayings from Mexico and the United States. These dichos celebrate life and culture, reminding young readers that “Donde hay gana, hay mana / Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” With vibrant color and folk art ...
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Vintage Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 2004
Hit & Miss
Might be hard to call any of this a real "miss" because the selections themselves are so short they're overwith before you can come to dislike them. I've never read Cisneros before. I enjoyed her defending America as an American/Mexican more than a Mexican/American. ...
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The Future Is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet
Virgilio P. Elizondo
University Press of Colorado, 2000
The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet, Revised Edi
The Reverend Father Elizondo presents his native San Antonio as a vibrant bilingual and multicultural city in central Texas on the frontier of the United States and Mexico. He recalls the history of New Spain and how Americans from the east viewed the northern lands of ...
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Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students (Teaching for Social Justice Series)
Gregory Michie
Teachers College Press, 1999
Holler for Michie
Gregory Michie's series of vignettes weaves an interesting story of his life as a young, inexperienced teacher in a poor and violent public school system. Although the book's time line is scattered, the reader can easily get a feel for the struggles of both Michie ...
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Franco Mondini-Ruiz: High Pink
Franco Mondini-Ruiz
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2005
Very cool! As is his art.
Even if you don't know the author's art I think you'll like the book. I loved it.
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