COMMENDED LIST: Angels Ride Bikes

Staff -- School Library Journal, 8/1/2000

ALARCÓN, Francisco X.
Angels Ride Bikes/Los ángeles andan en bicicleta .
illus. by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Children's Book Press. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-89239-160-X.

The third volume in Alarcón's tribute to the seasons celebrates his boyhood memories of autumn, growing up in an extended Chicano family in Los Angeles. Short, spirited poems in both Spanish and English deal with such subjects as the first day of school, going to the dentist, and celebrating both the Day of the Dead and Thanksgiving. Gonzalez's whimsical paintings aptly illustrate the poet's repeated use of angels as a symbol of caring people in one's life. (Gr 2-5)