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Written by\u00a0Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan Our California is a lively tour of award-winning author and illustrator Pam Munoz Ryan\u00a0<\/span>and Rafael L\u00f3pez\u2019s home state. Spirited poems celebrate California’s major cities and regions.\u00a0<\/span>Back matter includes state symbols and additional information about each place.\u00a0<\/span>Bold paintings capture the exhuberant energy and spirit of the land.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_gallery admin_label=”Gallery” fullwidth=”on” show_title_and_caption=”on” show_pagination=”off” background_layout=”light” auto=”on” hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” hover_icon=”%%380%%” caption_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” gallery_ids=”502,503,504,505,506,507,508″ auto_speed=”3000″] [\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cLopez’s stylized, exuberant paintings make it clear why no other state in the continental U.S. has California’s magical pull on the popular imagination. Lopez’s illustrations, paintings rendered on wood and sometimes distressed, remain fresh and surprising as he finds ways\u00a0<\/span>to express wonder and affection. On some spreads he seems to be channeling the spirit\u00a0<\/span>of the great WPA and Mexican muralists; on others, he releases a more graphic-novel spirit,\u00a0<\/span>as in the depiction of a ’49er with a marvelously greedy glint in his eye. Beyond its obvious use in a classroom, this title is virtually certain to inspire California dreamin’ in readers of all ages\u201d.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/span>Publisher’s Weekly 2007<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe art in this loving tribute to the state is so colorful, evocative, and eye-filling that it is tempting to review the title solely as a book of pictures. The illustrations, done in\u00a0<\/span>brilliant acrylics, fill each spread with a burst of folkloric color and energy\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n \u2013\u00a0<\/span>School Library Journal 2008<\/b><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Read Across America Book Selection\u00a02013<\/strong> <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OUR CALIFORNIA Written by\u00a0Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan Scholastic Press 2008 Our California is a lively tour of award-winning author and illustrator Pam Munoz Ryan\u00a0and Rafael L\u00f3pez\u2019s home state. Spirited poems celebrate California’s major cities and regions.\u00a0Back matter includes state symbols and additional information about each place.\u00a0Bold paintings capture the exhuberant energy and spirit of the land. […]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"project_category":[10],"project_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5856,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/235\/revisions\/5856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafaellopez.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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