Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda and His Muse

A poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). Pablo has a lunch date with his friend Matilde, who shows the moody poet her garden. Where Pablo sees conflict and sadness, Matilde sees love and hope. The story is less a biography of Neruda and his muse, Matilde Urrutia (1912-1985), and more a simple ode to a vegetable that is humble and luminous, dark and light, gloomy and glad, full of grief and full of joy--just like life.
A Junior Library Guild Selection

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 10/09/2018
ISBN: 9781944903343
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 11.60h x 10.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 121
Publishers Weekly 09/10/2018

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 501295 / Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5