Congraulations, Juan Felipe Herrera, poet extraordinaire!

Children's Book Press author Juan Felipe Herrera is no stranger to winning awards for his mango-sweet words -- we can hardly keep up with the praise that keeps rolling his way.  Recently, Juan Felipe received the annual poetry prize from the National Book Critics Circle for his collection "Half the World In Light", published by the University of Arizona Press. Congratulations, Juan Felipe!
 
Watch this interview with Juan Felipe to learn how he found his voice as a poet. And to check out some of Juan Felipe's award-winning books for children, you can click here, here, and here.

Submitted by Childrens Book Press on Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:54am