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Martí's Song for Freedom/Martí y sus versos por la libertad

by Emma Otheguy

Illustrator: Beatriz Vidal

Ages: 6+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Children's Book Press/Lee & Low

ISBN: 978-0-89239-375-6

Keywords: Revolution, Read-Aloud, Bilingual, Cuba, Picture Books for Older Readers, Jose Marti, Diversity

A sensitive bilingual portrayal of the Cuban crusader for justice. In verse, with gorgeous folk-style gouache illustrations.