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A little bit of Pat Mora
PatMora
(The Website)
1. Why did you choose the author? I chose this author because she seems very interesting and fun. She is Mexican American and very proud of her culture. I can definitely relate to her, plus her poems are amazing!
2. Where/when did the author reside/grow up? Pat was born and raised in El Paso, Texas,(1942)
3. “I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me”
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The Timeline
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Fun Fact #1
Family Album I thought it was pretty cool and unique how she has family pictures in her website; I have never seen that before in any other authors’ website. I seems like she is a loving person that loves her family. -
Fact #2
- What did you learn about the author that surprise you?
I learned that many of her book ideas where inspired by the desert where she grew up. She wanted to be a nun in elementary, she was in high school and wanted to be a doctor, and finally after high school she loved to read and read to her kids and decided she wanted to be an author so she started to write.
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Fact # 3
- Why did they become an author? Pat Mora became an author because she loved reading, and writing poems. She was an English major but didn’t think about being a writer then, about twenty-five years ago, she began to spend time working to become a better writer.
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Fact #4
- What special interests do they have?
She enjoys reading, visiting with family and friends, gardening, cooking, taking walks and traveling. “I like to laugh, and I like to hug.” –Pat,
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Fact #5
I thought this was pretty interesting interview question.
Do you think there is still discrimination today against Mexican Americans?
“The sad but honest answer is yes. Unfortunately, some people still haven't learned that we're all equal. And that in every group, there are people who are intelligent or lazy or talented.” -Pat Mora -
Success (Accomplishments)
What accomplishments did they have? Pat Mora resived numorus awards.Awards
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Sucess (Quotes from others)
What people think.
"Ms. Mora's poems are proudly bilingual, an eloquent answer to purists who refuse to see language as something that lives and changes."
—William Ferguson, The New York Times Book Review
"Pat Mora's sensous lyricism makes a special contribution to the strong and varied literature emerging from the Mexican-American culture in recent years. She is of those tejana poets I admire."—Denise Levetrov -
Success(Suprising)
What surprised you? I was surprised when I found out that most of her books have to do with family or friends or people she knows. They are real and they are events that really did happen. She makes a strong connection with readers because they can relate to the wonderful books. -
Success(Bio & Barriers)
Adult Biography
What barriers did they overcome (if possible)?
When Pat was growing up no one in school spoke Spanish and it was hard for her to make friends because in her home she spoke a lot of Spanish, another barrier was when she started writing poetry and they kept rejecting her writing because they thought it wasn’t good enough. -
Tomas and the Library Lady 2
The Librarian lets Tomas barrow books; He goes and shows his family the books he got from the library. His Grandma is very happy that Tomas has new stories to tell the family. He even learns the stories. Summer comes to an end and Tomas and his family have to go back to Texas. Tomas goes to the library and takes his grandpa with him and Tomas tells the librarian she is leaving back home he teaches her a new word “Adios". She says Adios to Tomas and gives Tomas a new book. -
Tomas and the Library Lady 3
I think what really impacted me was when I was reading the book towards the end when he was leaving back home to Texas, it was really sad but he had a wonderful experience. This story reminds me of me when I used to go to the library and just read.
MIT: No matter whom you are or where you are reading is important and its fun!
This book can be used to teach when kids are having trouble reading, I mean it doesn’t matter what you read as long as you read. On a scale of 1-10, this book is a 10. -
Tomas and the Library Lady
TomasGenre: Children's picture book
Grade level: K and up
Summary: This story is about a kid named Tomas. Tomas was the son of a migrant workers. He lives in Texas but would travel to Iowa for his parents to work in the farms. His grandpa, is the best story teller in the family. Tomas loves his storys and would love to learn new ones, so he goes ton a great adventure to the library. He meets the wonferful librarian who brings him water and books. He explores the wonderful books and gets lost in them. -
The Rainbow Tulip Part 1
Genre: Children’s picture book.
Age/Grade level: Age 5 & Up/ Grades P & Up
This story is about this young girl names Estelita, Estelita is a bilingual child whose parents only speak Spanish and whose teacher only speaks English. Her family is very different from all of their English speaking neighbors. The month of May in school they have a celebration and Estelita and her classmates have to wear tulip costumes. She cannot decide on what color to wear so she wears a rainbow tulip dress. -
The Rainbow Tulip Part 2
Estelita wishes her mom was like the other English speaking moms, after a long day of school she talks to her mom. Estelita is happy she is who she is and was happy she was the only one wearing a rainbow tulip dress. She is proud of her Hispanic heritage, she really finds out who she really is and it doesn’t matter where she came from.
I can relate to this because growing up and moving to Arizona was way different from California. I loved this book it is one of my favorites. -
The Rainbow Tulip Part 3
MIT: Be proud of whom you are and where you came from don’t be afraid of being different.
This book can be used to teach kids about the Spanish heritage and how everyone is a little different but we all have feelings. To treat everyone equal.
I think this is one of the best books I have ever read, I think it is well written and the illustrations are amazing. I don’t know what the highest rating would be but I would definitely rate this book high.
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Interview with Pat
- What did you learn that suprised you? I was surprised that she got rejected a lot of times as an author when she barely started to write, She thought it was easy to publish children's books.
- What did you find interesting? I learned that she writes poetry and pros. Her favorite is poetry.
- What shocked you? I think I was shocked when she mention that spanish was never mention at her school. Interview with PatLink to her interview.
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Dizzy in my eyes 2
Dizzy This book also includes the author’s footnotes on the different types of poetic forms used throughout to.
MIT:Poems can help you out when you’re feeling down, if you have a problem.
If I was a English teacher and was doing a lesson on poetry I would use this book for examples on the different types of poems she has written,
I don’t really like poetry but this was a good book, I would recommend it but if you love poems this is the book you have to read. -
Dizzy in Your Eyes (Poems about Love)
Genre: Poetry
Age/Grade Level: Age 12 & up / Grade 7 & up
This book is about family and school to dating and being dumped, it is mainly about love and how teens are feeling. There are sad parts in the book where you can even feel the sadness. This book has over 50 poems that cover teens’ experiences of love in many voices and situations. This poem is bilingual; sometimes it’s in Spanish and sometimes in English. It is also written in different forms.
