Author/Illustrator: Francisco X. Alarcon/Maya Christina Gonzalez
Genre: Poetry
Awards: Pura Belpre Awards (1996-2916), Americas Award (1993-2016)
Age Level: 8-12 years old
Summary: Laughing Tomatoes is filled with refreshing children's poetry visually and orally . Nature is being honored throughout the spring poems experiencing joy and laughter. Vocabulary is unique and descriptive by using words such as "tender ears" of corn and "exotic" birds. The author wrote the poem in a dual-language format including English on one side and a Spanish version on the other. Illustrations are very colorful and bright using people and animals as characters. The shining sun, the smiling cat, and all the rest of the illustrations seem to be created by using water colors.
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