"A moving personal testimony of a poet who escaped the civil war in
El Salvador — an experience shared by thousands of children and
their families. These poems are like the tropical fruits of Jorge Argueta's
native land. They are full of surprises, but ultimately they leave us
with the reassuring taste of sweet tenderness."
—Francisco X. Alarcón
"The lines capture the pleasures and difficulties of living in each
country, but mostly, they capture the sense of being a child in the
city. . . . Gómez's rich and bright paintings fill every spread with
the same joy and literal humor that she used in Juan Felipe Herrera's
The Upside Down Boy/ El niño de cabeza. The style . . . combines
with the "handwritten" typeface to make the book feel immediate and
comfortable. . . an appealing choice to fill the need for books about
Salvadoreños, as well as an excellent addition to any poetry
collection."
—School Library Journal
". . . each poem is closely twinned on the page with its translation and embraced by Gómez's illustrations, which flood each spread with a rich rainbow of colors, rippling with vibrant images of magic realism. Argueta's first book for children will add multicultural depth and historical authenticity to any poetry collection."
—BookList Magazine
Full-color illustrations 
