Margarita Engle was born in Pasadena, California, on September 2, 1951, to an American father and a Cuban mother. If you want to learn more amazing facts about this wonderful author, poet, and speaker, all you have to do is read on, and do not forget to share this with your friends and fellow poetry lovers! You can also look at our other fun facts articles on how long clones live and who carved Mount Rushmore ! Life Of Margarita Engle: Birth, Location, Family 'Dancing Hands,' 'Drum Dream Girl,' and 'The Flying Girl' are just a few of the picture books she has written. 'Hurricane Dancer: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck' is Engle's latest book for young adults. Her work, 'The Firefly Letters,' was named a Pura Belpré Honor Book, won a California Book Award and was a Jane Addams Award finalist. With Naomi Shihab Nye and Jacqueline Woodson, Margarita co-curated the Poetry Foundation's first-ever young readers' edition of 'Poetic Magazine'. Margarita Engle is the writer of 'The Surrender Tree', 'The Poet Slave of Cuba', 'The Firefly Letters', a 'Newbery Honor Book', 'Hurricane Dancers', and 'Tropical Secrets', among other books for children, young people, and adults.Įngle teaches agronomy at California State Polytechnic University and resides in central California. Anyone using the information provided by Kidadl does so at their own risk and we can not accept liability if things go wrong. Kidadl cannot accept liability for the execution of these ideas, and parental supervision is advised at all times, as safety is paramount. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances.

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Summer Birds by Margarita Engle