Zoo-Risa and Zoo-Fun
San Jose, CA: Editorial Almadén, 1971 1sts; both books include glossaries, lists of zoos etc Zoo-Risa with tan card covers and hippo photo, oblong 85x55"; 64pp; Zoo -Fun with grey card covers and dolphin photo, oblong 8.5x5.25" 64 pp (2 SOFTCOVER books). Spanish language softcover small.
Galarza's two Zoo books use the same 46 animal photos, but the accompanying poems are not "translations of each other, fun can be fun in Spanish or English, or any other language, each in its own way""En el espejo del agua/el cisne se admira el cuello/pensando: "Es el ás bello/ de Yucatán a Chihuahua" and "Oh my, Oh me,/ how beautifully/we glide across the pond/Who would not want to be/a swan?"
Galarza, the author of Barrio Boy, is well known for his research, writing, and activism on immigrant farm labor issues and books on various agricultural industries. He also wrote a series of 12 short books including Zoo-Risa, with his photos on every page. This series, Collección Mini-Libros, addressed the need of young Mexican American children for Spanish language reading and ties to home culture: poety, books on California and Mexico.
CONDITION: Near Fine; no names or marks, as new; small stamp of the Cultural Distribution Center, San Antonio, Texas on rear "endpaper" Item #22698
$90