Theme: Guatemala

The Secret Legacy

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Rigoberta Menchu returns to the world of childhood in this, her third book. The novel’s seven-year-old heroine, Ixkem, is chosen to tend to the prized cornfields once her grandfather has passed away. But Ixkem isn’t sure she can accept this great responsibility. Out in the fields, she discovers a legion of tiny people, no bigger [...]

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

Pascual’s Magic Pictures

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Having saved enough money to buy a disposable camera, Pascual goes into the Guatemalan jungle to take pictures of monkeys, but the results are not what he expected.

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

My Pig Amarillo

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Amarillo is Pablito’s best friend. They do everything together-run, hide from each other, jump in the mud. They are inseparable, just like many best friends. But Amarillo is a bit different-he is a little yellow pig. When Pablito comes home from school one day and Amarillo isn’t there, Pablito is devastated. Where could he [...]

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Sawdust Carpets

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The Lau family travels to Antigua, Guatemala to visit their cousins. Although the Laus are Chinese and Buddhist, they adore the pageantry of Easter, and Easter in Antigua is exciting, with long, elaborate processions of penitents wreathed in incense and carrying colonial Spanish statues down the cobblestone streets of the city. The best part is [...]

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