Calling the Doves
“Calling the Doves” by Juan Felipe Herrera, published by Children’s Book Press in 1995, is a bilingual English/Spanish narrative that reflects the author’s experiences as a migrant farmworker during his childhood. This 30-page book captures the essence of his early life, highlighting moments of joy, family, and cultural traditions through lyrical language and vivid imagery.
Readers will find a heartfelt portrayal of Herrera’s upbringing, including the simple pleasures of breakfast under the sky, the melodies of Mexican songs, and the communal celebrations that shaped his identity. The book intertwines themes of emigration and immigration, as well as the significance of family and community, making it a rich exploration of Hispanic and Latino experiences in the United States.
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Bilingual English/Spanish. Calling the Doves is Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera’s story of his migrant farmworker childhood.
Calling the Doves is poet Juan Felipe Herrera’s story of his migrant farmworker childhood. In delightful and lyrical language, he recreates the joy of eating breakfast under the open sky, listening to Mexican songs in the little trailer house his father built, and celebrating with other families at a fiesta in the mountains. He remembers his mother’s songs and poetry, and his father’s stories and his calling the doves. For Juan Felipe, the farmworker road was also the beginning of his personal road to becoming a writer.
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