A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura Belpr? Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp.
It starts with a soft tapping,Uncle Eduardo drumming his
hands against his dusty jeans. As the blush of sunset gives way to night in the desert, coyotes, cicadas, and barn owls emerge, each calling out to the moon. Watching from their porch, the family joins the song. One by one, each relative offers their drums, flute, maracas, strings, and voices. They sing with the insects, birds, snakes and toads; and they sing with their ancestors, an audience glittering in the stars overhead. With each strum of passed-down instruments, memories renew, and those gone are alive and near again. Desert Song hums and chimes with all the music a front porch and the desert beyond can hold. Pura Belpr? Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp’s masterfully stirring text dances through Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez’s enchanting and dynamic artwork. Readers will be left with the soothing sense that when creativity flourishes, the past is never out of reach, and the bonds that matter never break. Simultaneously published in Spanish as Canci?n del desierto. An ALSC Notable Children’s Book
Author: Laekan Zea Kemp
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.10h x 11.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780823453924
Language: English
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