A fire in my hands : a book of poems / Gary Soto
- Author:
- Soto, Gary
- Published:
- New York : Scholastic, [1990]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1990
- Physical Description:
- 63 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett
- Contents:
- Foreword -- Black hair -- Learning to bargain -- In August -- That girl -- October -- How to sell things -- Oranges -- Brown girl, blonde okie -- Heaven -- Envying the children of San Francisco -- Kearney park -- Hitchhiking with a friend and a book that explains the pacific ocean -- Morning on this street -- Autumn with a daughter who's just catching on where we could go -- Pepper tree -- Failing in the presence of ants -- Eating bread -- How things work -- Finding a lucky number -- Teaching numbers -- Looking around, believing -- Evening walk -- Questions and answers about poetry.
- Summary:
- The author's twenty-one poems are about the themes of life and each is preceded by a personal anecdote.
- Subject(s):
- Soto, Gary—Anecdotes
- Soto, Gary
- 1900-1999
- Poets, American—20th century—Anecdotes
- Mexican American poets—Anecdotes
- Mexican American youth—Poetry
- Mexican Americans—Anecdotes
- American poetry
- Poètes américains—20e siècle—Anecdotes
- Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine—Poésie
- Américains d'origine mexicaine—Anecdotes
- Mexican American poets
- Mexican American youth
- Mexican Americans
- Poets, American
- Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)—Poetry
- Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)—Anecdotes
- Grande Vallée (Calif.)—Poésie
- Grande Vallée (Calif.)—Anecdotes
- California—Central Valley (Valley)
- Other Subject(s):
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 0590450212
9780590450218
0590445790 (pbk.)
9780590445795 (pbk.)
0590355821
9780590355827 - Collection:
- Lee Bennett Hopkins Collection.
- Audience:
- Preteens
- Source of Acquisition:
- UP-PAT juvenile copy 2 Gift of Lee Bennett Hopkins.
View MARC record | catkey: 1962134