El Bordon

Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.

I "write my songs/ so people can sing them to me/and the day people fail me/ that day I 'm going to cry... These are famous verses whose origin we are going to find out in this book, which rescues unknown anecdotes from the composer. Reading it is, in the words of his daughter Paloma, "go on singing his songs to do not fail him."

Todo llega en esta vida y un buen día, como el que no quiere la cosa, al que fuera ese niño con pantalón corto, ese chavalito del insti, ese treintañero interesante, van y le dicen «señor» por la calle. Así, sin anestesia. Y te tienes que aguantar... Este libro, lleno de anécdotas, chistes y frases memorables, aborda lo que significa estrenar y vivir la década de los cuarenta, demostrando que soplar cuarenta velas o más no es ninguna desgracia, sino todo lo contrario; una época en la que cambia nuestra percepción sobre el amor, los amigos, la salud, el trabajo, el ocio, el sexo,...

This award-winning picture book does the impossible. It condenses the life of the late, great Nelson Mandela in a way children will be able to understand and appreciate.