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Region: Colombia
My Name Is Gabito/Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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 [...]
Other Descriptors: Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Latin America, Nonfiction, Primary (Gr. K-3) Themes: Colombia, imaginations, justices, wishes, writer 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, Chile, Ecudor, Latin America, Nonfiction, Paraguay, Peru, Primary (Gr. K-3), Uruguay, Venezuela Themes: Animals, Conquistador, Environment, Geography, History, People, Plants, Rainforests Leave a comment
Ransom for a River Dolphin
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.
Other Descriptors: Fiction, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Latin America Themes: Amazon river, animal protection, Colombia, delphine's hunters, Nurses, oppressions, Peas, Rain Forest protection, respect Leave a comment
So Loud A Silence
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.
Other Descriptors: Latin America, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: army and guerrilla conflict, Colombia, diffrent perspective, Family, Grandmother, Life, Loyalty, Money, Wealth & Poverty Leave a comment
The Kite Festival
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 [...]
Other Descriptors: Latin America, Primary (Gr. K-3), Realistic Fiction Themes: Colombia, Creativity, Family, Grandparents, Hand, Kite festival, picnic, Sun, team work Leave a comment
Boy Kills Man
Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Colombian city.
Other Descriptors: Americas, Realistic Fiction, Region, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) Themes: Assassins, Friendship Comments closed
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.
Celebrating the Hero