Confeti

In Spanish. The renowned poet Pat Mora celebrates the culture and landscape of the Southwest through the eyes of a Mexican American girl.

In this joyful and spirited collection, award-winning poet Pat Mora and fine artist Enrique 0. Sanchez celebrate the vivid landscape of the Southwest and the delightful rapport that children share with the natural world. Now in Spanish, Confeti is also an anthem to the power of a child’s imagination and pride:

I say yo soy libre, I am free, free, free, free as confetti.

Translated from Confetti: Poems for Children, Confeti: Poems paras niños is a treasury to be shared with children everywhere.

PAT MORA, poet and author, has written more than thirty children’s books, including Bookjoy, Wordjoy and Gracias Thanks from Lee & Low Books. She is a popular national speaker and the founder of the family literacy initiative El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day). Mora’s books have won numerous awards and honors, and she is a recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award and presented the ALA’s 2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture. Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her website is patmora.com. Enrique O. Sanchez has illustrated numerous award winning children’s books, including LEE & LOW’S Abuela’s Weave, Amelia’s Road, and Confetti. A native of the Dominican Republic, he splits his time between his homes in Bass Harbor, Maine and Miami, Florida.