Martí's song for freedom = Martí y sus versos por la libertad / by Emma Otheguy ; with excerpts from Versos sencillos by José Martí ; illustrations by Beatriz Vidal ; Spanish translation of story by Adriana Domínguez.

Author/creator Otheguy, Emma author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Description1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorDomínguez, Adriana, translator.
Other author/creatorVidal, Beatriz illustrator.
Other author/creatorMartí, José, 1853-1895 Versos sencillos.
Included WorkOtheguy, Emma. Martí's song for freedom. Spanish.
Parallel title Martí y sus versos por la libertad
Abstract A bilingual biography of José Martí, who dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty for all men and women, Includes author's note, afterword, and author's sources.
Abstract As a boy, José Martí was inspired by the natural world. He found freedom in the river that rushed to the sea and peace in the palmas reales that swayed in the wind. Freedom, he believed, was the inherent right of all men and women. But his home island of Cuba was colonized by Spain, and some of the people were enslaved by rich landowners. Enraged, Martí took up his pen and fought against this oppression through his writings. By age seventeen, he was declared an enemy of Spain and forced to leave his beloved island. Martí traveled the world, speaking out for Cuba's independence. But throughout his exile, he suffered from illness and homesickness. He found solace in New York's Catskill Mountains, where nature inspired him once again to fight for independence. Written in verse, with excerpts from Marti's seminal Versos sencillos, this book is a beautiful tribute to a brilliant political writer and courageous fighter for freedom. -- from dust jacket.
General note"The excerpts from Versos sencillos by José Martí (New York: Louis Weiss, 1891) are in the public domain. English translation of the excerpts © 2017 by Emma Otheguy."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Interest age level Ages 7-12.
Spec. audience char. 1000 Lexile
Reading Program 0.5 Accelerated Reader AR 5.3
LanguageParallel text in English and Spanish.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2016047807
ISBN9780892393756 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN0892393750 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

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