{"product_id":"desert-song","title":"Desert Song","description":"A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura Belpré Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp.\n\nIt starts with a soft tapping,\nUncle Eduardo drumming his\nhands against his dusty jeans.\n\nAs the blush of sunset gives way to night in the desert, coyotes, cicadas, and barn owls emerge, each calling out to the moon. Watching from their porch, the family joins the song. One by one, each relative offers their drums, flute, maracas, strings, and voices.\n\nThey sing with the insects, birds, snakes and toads; and they sing with their ancestors, an audience glittering in the stars overhead. With each strum of passed-down instruments, memories renew, and those gone are alive and near again.\n\nDesert Song hums and chimes with all the music a front porch and the desert beyond can hold. Pura Belpré Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp’s masterfully stirring text dances through Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez’s enchanting and dynamic artwork. Readers will be left with the soothing sense that when creativity flourishes, the past is never out of reach, and the bonds that matter never break.\n\nSimultaneously published in Spanish as Canción del desierto.\n\nWinner of the Writers' League of Texas Book Picture Book Award\nAn ALSC Notable Children's Book\nA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0823453928\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0823453928.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kemp, Laekan Zea|Gutiérrez Hernández, Beatriz\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499908964410,"sku":"DBV.0823453928.G","price":7.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0823453928-0.jpg?v=1783045979","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/desert-song","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}