Acclaimed poet Pat Mora (Borders, Chants, Communion, and other works) has joined with artist Francisco X. Mora to create a charming and elegant book whose rhymes and drawings will delight not only children aged 3 to 7, but adults (and animal-lovers) as well. Pat Mora’s whimsical poem, presented bilingually with a Spanish translation by Alba Nora Martínez, tells of birds, armadillos, and other creatures who join together in a kitchen one “orange night” to make merry beneath the desert moon. Exhilarated by the strains of a lizard mariachi band, these hungry creatures will gobble anything! Only the most delicious of hullabaloos can satisfy their appetites tonight. And only Francisco Mora’s captivating, colorful illustrations could catch them at play on the page.
Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa
$9.95 – $18.95
A beautifully illustrated bilingual picture book for children ages 3-7.
by Pat Mora
Illustrated by Francisco X. Mora
Spanish translation by Alba Nora Martinez and Pat Mora
ISBN: 978-1-55885-246-4
Publication Date: November 30, 1998
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Imprint: Piñata Books
Ages: 3-7
“Ms. Mora’s poems are proudly bilingual, an eloquent answer to purists who refuse to see language as something that lives and changes.”—The New York Times Book Review
“With a playful text, this bilingual picture book celebrates a child’s connection with her desert home…The feelings are universal, the words are precise and physical.”—Booklist
“This isn’t even open to debate. You must have this book.”—El Paso Herald
ATOS Interest Level: Lower Grades
Category: Picture Book
ATOS English: 2.9
ATOS Spanish: 3.1
Accelerated Reader Quiz #: 30025
