cover image The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex

The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories from Mex

Naomi Shihab Nye. Aladdin Paperbacks, $15.99 (112pp) ISBN 978-0-689-82087-8

English translations appear alongside the Spanish poems and tales that explore everything from a table set for supper to a peach tree to a legend of rabbit's long ears. The selections include writings by Rosario Castellanos, Jose Juan Tablada, Octavio Paz and many others. Ages 8-up. (Apr.)