{"product_id":"imagina-isbn-9781536218572","title":"Imagina","description":"\u003cb\u003eA buoyant, breathtaking poem from Juan Felipe Herrera — brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo — speaks to every dreaming heart. Now in a Spanish-language edition!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e¿ALGUNA VEZ has imaginado quién serás cuando crezcas?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCuando Juan Felipe Herrera era niño, recogió flores, ayudó a su mamá a alimentar a los pollitos, durmió bajo el cielo centelleante y aprendió a decirles adiós a sus amiguitos cada vez que su familia seguía el camino campesino. Al crecer, Juan Felipe Herrera se convirtió en poeta.\u003cbr\u003eSu hermoso poema, “Imagina” y las sugerentes ilustraciones de Lauren Castillo le hablarán a cada lector y soñador que está buscando su lugar en la vida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e¿Quién podrías llegar a ser? Imagina . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to a new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write English and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the street after school. And when he grew up, he became the United States Poet Laureate and read his poems aloud on the steps of the Library of Congress. If he could do all of that . . . what could \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e do? With this newly translated illustrated poem of endless possibility, Juan Felipe Herrera and Lauren Castillo breathe magic into the hopes and dreams of readers searching for their place in life.\u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, performance artist, and activist. The son of migrant farmworkers, he was the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017. He has published more than a dozen collections of poetry and is the author-illustrator of \u003ci\u003eJabberwalking.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Fresno, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Castillo \u003c\/b\u003ehas illustrated many books for children, including \u003ci\u003eHappy Like Soccer \u003c\/i\u003eby Maribeth Boelts and \u003ci\u003eYard Sale\u003c\/i\u003e by Eve Bunting. Lauren Castillo is also the author-illustrator of the Caldecott Honor–winning book \u003ci\u003eNana in the City\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300259352805,"sku":"NP9781536218572","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536218572.jpg?v=1767729867","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/imagina-isbn-9781536218572","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}