This is poetry book, where Francisco Alarcon, where for the first time he the author celebrated snow in the northern part of California and his experience of growing up bilingual and bicultural. The illustrations are very vibrant and beautiful . It is an English and Spanish version for each poem. This book can be used in a classroom when the teacher teaches poetry/ culture. I enjoyed the book very much. ( )

This book explores the life of a Mexican-American girl as she navigates life and school as an adolescent.

Summary:
A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican American poet celebrates winter in San Francisco and the mountains of Northern California.
Review:
This is a poetry because the author uses language for sound patterns to expresses the author’s emotions. The most important character is the words are presented in a unique way, a poetry way.
The pictures are done by gouache.
Comments on use:
introducing a new genre of literature;
encouraging students to enjoy poems which describe different features of an area
Age appropriateness:
middle school

This book is a collection of poems that revolve around winter, San Francisco, and Hispanic traditions. This book is a good example of poetry because it shares feelings with the reader and makes the reader wonder about Hispanic experiences living in the U.S.

Most of the best children's poetry that I've seen is simple bright metaphor, like this:

_*A Blank White Page*_

is a meadow
after a snowfall
that a poem
hopes to cross

But this book also has little story poems like _*Migrant Life in Seasons*_. And it has snapshots of places and people in the neighborhood, like the description of Rocking Rafael the singing cable car conductor.

The exuberant pictures create a corresponding glow in the reader's spirit. I would totally use this in Spanish class in High School. And I will look for the other three in the set. And if I had kids, I would buy the set to share with them. ( )