Laughing Tomatoes and Other Poems

This book is full of poems about spring. Some poems are short and choppy, others are longer and include Latino heritage. Famous Latinos like Cesar Chavez are even included in the poem to celebrate his birthday. Each poem has the poem in English and then in Spanish. The final poem tells how they are only new beginnings. The book gives a very positive message.

The pictures are brightly colored and use colors from the Latino culture as well as designs that come from the culture. The pictures fill 2 pages per poem and usually tell more than just the poem explains. The illustrations look as if they are from a dream.

Alarcón, Francisco, Gonzalez, Maya, & Wadham, Tim. (1997). Laughing tomatoes and other spring poems. Neal Schuman Pub.