Theme: Colombia

Grandmother’s Nursery Rhymes/Las nanas de abuelita: Lullabies, Tongue Twisters, and Riddles from South America/Canciones de cuna, trabalenguas y adivinanzas de Suramerica

By Book Importer | Published: June 25, 2010

“Always quiet,Always blinking,by day sleeping,at night winking.”What is it?Grandmothers and grandfathers, uncles and aunts, parents and friends–everyone can share these rhymes, riddles, and lullabies with little children.This bilingual collection introduces young children to the sounds of two languages. The verses work in both English and Spanish: read the poems in English to trip the tongue [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Rhymes/songs » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Celebrating the Hero

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Camilia Draper, an American teenager still feeling guilt and loss about her mother’s death, travels to her mother’s birthplace in Colombia for a ceremony celebrating her famous grandfather, about whom she will learn some disquieting and revelatory facts.

Descriptors: Colombia, Fiction, Latin America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Name Is Gabito/Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is [...]

Descriptors: Colombia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » 3 Comments

So Loud A Silence

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Accustomed to his impoverished life in Bogota, Colombia, Juan Guillermo resents his family and is delighted when a visit to his wealthy grandmother introduces him to the comforts of money, but he learns a savage truth that puts his family in danger.

Descriptors: Colombia, Latin America, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Ransom for a River Dolphin

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Finding a seriously hurt dolphin in the Amazon near her small Colombian village and suspecting her stepfather of having wounded it, Carmenza nurses it back to health and turns to the wise old Indian Omar to appease its spirit.

Descriptors: Colombia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latin America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Kite Festival

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

One Sunday morning, Fernando Flórez, his parents, grandparents, and sister head to a random destination for an outing — San Vicente. When they arrive in the center of town, they see many people preparing for a kite festival. The Flórez family waste no time joining in the fun. Unfortunately, all the stores are closed, so [...]

Descriptors: Colombia, Latin America, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment