Guacamole, a Cooking Poem

If this poetic tribute to the culinary delights of guacamole doesn't inspire you to try the dish, nothing will. The poem appears first in Spanish, and then beneath it, in English, and right next to the verses appear oil and digitally modified illustrations that show the avocado in its entirety, and then the steps that should be followed in preparing guacamole. As the boy and girl in the illustrations prepare the delicious food, they are mindful of saving the avocado pit, its skin, and the lime seeds left from the addition of lime juice to the recipe, all of which adds a message of sustainability to the book. The author chooses delicious words such as "the sour river of lime" (unpaginated), "spatters of white drizzle" (unpaginated), "little pearls that look like eyes" (unpaginated), and "greeny green" (unpaginated) to describe the ingredients that go into this delicious concoction. This celebration of the joys of cooking will prompt many to head for the local Mexican restaurant or try out the recipe described in the book. This is a YUMMY book by the author of Sopa de frijoles/Bean Soup.

Jorge Argueta is the author of several children’s books. He is the winner of the Americas Award for Latin American Literature and the Independent Publishers Book Award for Multicultural Fiction for Juveniles, among many other awards. He is a San Francisco Library Poet Laureate. His work is featured in college textbooks and anthologies. His heartwarming bilingual English-Spanish stories are the favorites of Latin-American children, and of children and adults from all cultures. His dynamic presentations and classroom visits are powerful and inspiring. They receive high praise from educators, parents and students alike