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Region: Chile
Mia’s Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes & Dreams
From award-winning picture book artist Michael Foreman comes the uplifting tale of a girl whose search for a lost puppy leads to some wondrous wildflowers — and a magical way to transform her barren village. In a bleak little village in Chile, Papa comes home from his day of selling metal scraps with a wonderful [...]
Other Descriptors: Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3) Themes: Flowers, Gardens, Pets Leave a comment
In the Land of the Jaguar: South America and Its People
South America’s story is as varied as its geography of soaring mountains, scorching deserts, and lush rainforests. This book combines an often tragic history with the problems and triumphs of the present. The information ranges from “the Requirement” (a document read out by the conquistadors each time they came upon a new group of indigenous people to [...]
Other Descriptors: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecudor, Latin America, Nonfiction, Paraguay, Peru, Primary (Gr. K-3), Uruguay, Venezuela Themes: Animals, Conquistador, Environment, Geography, History, People, Plants, Rainforests Leave a comment
Chile (Discovering Cultures)
Comprehensive information on the geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Chile.
Other Descriptors: All Ages, Latin America, Nonfiction Themes: Chile, Culture, Discovering Cultures Leave a comment
The Composition
In a village in Chile, Pedro and Daniel are two typical nine-year-old boys. Up until Daniel’s father gets arrested, their biggest worry had been how to improve their soccer skills. Now, they are thrust into a situation where they must grapple with the incomprehensible: dictatorship and its inherent abuses. This sensitively realized story touches a [...]
Other Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Latin America, Primary (Gr. K-3), Realistic Fiction Themes: Book, Children, composition, dictatorship, Fear, freedom, moral choices, oppression, personal responsability, power, resistance movement, Soccer, terror, War Leave a comment
Chile
Informational books about Chile
On October 20, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., Rosemary Wells, illustrator and author of the preschool series Max and Ruby, will be at Worlds of Words physical location on the 4th floor of the College of Education at the University of Arizona.
The Killer’s Tears