Yuyi Morales
Author of Dreamers
About the Author
Image credit: Author Yuyi Morales at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53087731
Series
Works by Yuyi Morales
By Yuyi Morales Ni?ño Wrestles the World (Golden Kite Honors) (1st First Edition) [Hardcover] (2013) 2 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased (2012) — Illustrator — 126 copies, 15 reviews
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They… (2017) — Contributor — 92 copies, 2 reviews
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1968-11-07
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
Mexico - Birthplace
- Xalapa, Mexico
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Occupations
- children's book author
children's book illustrator
Members
Reviews
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
A mother and child find hope and inspiration after immigrating to the U.S. A moving testament to the power of books and libraries in shaping immigrant stories.
I really enjoyed this homage to the necessity of creativity. It's not a biography, per se, but a very spare (almost haiku-length) exploration of what it's like to feel drive & passion. It doesn't teach us how to interpret Kahlo's art, either, but just gives us (mainly in the note) ideas about how to look at it. It's up to the reader how much to get out of this book... which gives it a universal appeal.
Yes, intense. For example, the Awe when she learned about the library is palpable, as Kathryn's son appreciated; I'm not surprised that this young woman was frightened, at first, about something that seemed too good to be true.
Otoh, it's a beautiful book, and the author's note does explain what's going on, and it is about hope and joy. And it's a memoir (or at least inspired by the author's life)!
The only thing missing is a glossary. Doing research, the context here gives me the idea that lucha could be translated in this context as warrior, or person on a quest. And caminantes translates as walker, in this context as activist Marcher, I gather.
Thank you group for alerting me to this; I am recommending it widely.
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Second read chokes me up even more than the first. Just gorgeous.
Also, I love the bibliography. The books that I recognize are indeed valuable books, and I've added more to my to-read shelves.… (more)
Otoh, it's a beautiful book, and the author's note does explain what's going on, and it is about hope and joy. And it's a memoir (or at least inspired by the author's life)!
The only thing missing is a glossary. Doing research, the context here gives me the idea that lucha could be translated in this context as warrior, or person on a quest. And caminantes translates as walker, in this context as activist Marcher, I gather.
Thank you group for alerting me to this; I am recommending it widely.
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Second read chokes me up even more than the first. Just gorgeous.
Also, I love the bibliography. The books that I recognize are indeed valuable books, and I've added more to my to-read shelves.… (more)
This book was about a mother and her son immigrating from Mexico. They face a lot of different things in the US, but find solace in a library and the words of imagination. This book would be good for library use and representation of minority groups that could be relevant to children. Good for ages K-2.
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Statistics
- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 11
- Members
- 4,065
- Popularity
- #6,193
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 519
- ISBNs
- 89
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
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