Audiobook9 minutes
The Desert Is My Mother / El desert es mi madre
Written by Pat Mora
Narrated by Kristine Klanderud
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
In simple poetic text, a young girl asks the desert for things such as food and comfort and the desert responds, as a mother meeting a child's demands.
This audiobook is in both English and Spanish.
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Reviews for The Desert Is My Mother / El desert es mi madre
Rating: 3.6785715642857144 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
14 ratings1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"The Desert Is My Mother" is one of many lovely bilingual children's books by Pat Mora. This book, a story in poetic form, is illustrated most charmingly by Daniel Lechon. The lyrical format gives children an appreciation for the beauty of the desert through both the message and the medium. Each stanza starts off with "Le digo" ("I say"), e.g.,: "I say feed me. She serves red prickly pear on a spiked cactus." Although this and other books for children by Mora are meant for rather young children, I think that the colloquial bilingualism and poetry make it not inappropriate for early elementary kids as well.