Iguanas in the Snow by by Francisco X. Alarcon (Picture Book)

Pura Belpre Award:

This book was a variety of poems mainly about the life of a migrant child in San Francisco.  The author told the child’s life through poems.  Many of the poems were about San Francisco and others were about the personal life of the child.  The title comes from one particular poem called Iguanas in the Snow about the first time the child sees snow. 

This was an interesting way to tell a story.  I have not seen it done this way before.  Most poems tell a story throughout the poem but I have not seen the story continue throughout many poems in a single book.  I thought this was a creative way to tell a story.