cover image Manuela Color Canela = Manuela, Color of Cinnamon

Manuela Color Canela = Manuela, Color of Cinnamon

Elena Dreser. Fondo de Cultura Economica USA, $14.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-968-16-4572-4

Manuela loves the color of her skin and sits out in the sun to watch it darken. Dreser uses a flurry of evocative words to describe the rich , brown color of her skin. Collages of the sea, sun, clouds, wind, and rain are accentuated with simple, poetic text and delicate drawings of plants, animals, and landscapes to create a fantastic array of images.