Muffler Man / El hombre mofle (English and Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Tito Campos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558853189 ISBN 13: 9781558853188

Publisher: Arte Publico Pr, 2001

Synopsis

For the García family, leftovers provide the feast. Battered tin, pieces of metal, and scraps in a muffler shop inspire a young man and his family to believe in the American Dream.

Young Chuy García longs to join his father, who has left Meico in search of a better life for his family in the United States. To save money for his trip north, Chuy convinces his father's former employer and local muffler shop to hire him to do odds and ends. There, Chuy learns something new about his father: he is the artist who made the Mufler Man, a metal statue that stands in front of the shop inviting costumers inside.

Once in the United States with his father, though, Chuy is surprised to find that life is more difficult than expected. Inspired by his father's art, the tin figures fashioned together out of scarp metal pieces found scattered about the shop, Chuy helps his father find a way to prosper in the new homeland.

Muffle Man / El hombre mofle celebrates a unique form of Latino folk art, and the role it plays in the life of a young boy who won't take no for an answer. This story for readers aged 3 to 7 inspires the dreamer in us all.

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From the Publisher

One person's garbage is another's gold in this bilingual children's tale of hope and renewal.

About the Author

TITO CAMPOS is a teacher and administrator in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He is also an instructor in the Charter College of Education at California State University, Los Angeles. Campos received his M.Ed. and B.A. from California Satte University, Los Angeles.

LAMBERTO Ã LVAREZ and BETO Ã LVAREZ, father and son, teamed up to create the artwork for Muffler Man / El hombre mofle. They are both part of the illustration staff of The Dallas Morning News, in Dallas, Texas, Lamberto as Director of Illustration and Beto as News Illustrator. Beto has collaborated in many other illustrative projects in the family business, Solare Design Group, Inc., an art, photography, and design firm based in Fort Worth, Texas. Lamberto lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Beth, and daughter, Veronica, while Beto resides in Dallas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1558853189
• ISBN 13: 9781558853188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lamberto Alvarez