My Colors, My World/ Mis Colores, Mi Mundo

By Maya Christina Gonzalez
Children's Book Press (2007)

Interest level: ages 4-6

Awards:
2008 Texas 2x2 list, Pura Belre illustrator
Honor award, Criticas Magazine 's Best Children
and YA Books of 2007

Category: Fiction
Type: Picture, concept, multicultural book

Summary: This book is about Maya (the author and illustrator or the book)
a little girl who looks closely to her surroundings in the Mojave Desert
to find the vibrant colors in her world. The large and bright illustrations
manage to create a colorful and bright mood which engages the reader
from the start. This bilingual book is by the talented hispanic illustrator
Maya Christina Gonzalez and her first attempt at writing is delightful. So come
and enjoy the colors from the green catus to the hot pink desert sunset.

Online Connections:

1. Author website: www.mayagonzalez.com/
2. About book: http://www.childrensbookpress.org/ob/new.html

Book Connections:
1. From the Bellybottom of the Moon/Del Ombligo de la Luna:
And Other summerPoems/Y otros poemas de verano by Francisco Alarcon
and Illustrated by Maya Christina gonzalez
2. A sembrar sopa de verduras by Alma Flor Ada, Lois F. Ehler& Isabel Campoy.

Keywords: Deserts, colors, hispanic americans.