Coyote Sun is the first book, now in limited supply, by the popular, hilarious Chicano poet, Carlos Cumpian. Followed by Latino Rainbow, a U.S. Latino biographical showcase through poems for kids, and Armadillo Charm, the most recent of Cumpian's books, Coyote Sun stands as the book on nearly every poetry lover's bookcase in Chicago and with strong popularity throughout the southwest

Spectacular illustrations accompany Cumpian's biographical poems about famous U.S. Latinos such as Cesar Chavez, Linda Ronstadt, Richie Valens, Henry Cisneros, Carlos Cortez, the Neorican Poets, Tito Puente and others. Each poem educates while entertaining readers from grades four through twelve. Fun to read aloud in classrooms. A must for the bookshelves Latino households with children. The perfect holiday or birthday gift for that special child

Cumpian's performances are more evocative than the written page, still it works. Very good stuff from a hard working Chicano poet.

The Latino/Chicano poetry book of the nineties! Armadillo Charm leaps out and grabs your attention with wit and true substance. Even readers who don't usually read poetry are charmed by this enormously juicy selection of sharply honed thoughts and fictive(?) anecdotes on today's U.S. and U.S./Latino society