Region: Mexico

Materials from Mexico

Lucha Libre: A Bilingual Cuento: the Man in the Silver Mask

Carlitos attends his first lucha libre match in Mexico City. At ringside, Carlitos sees the famous luchador — the Man in the Silver Mask, a man whose eyes look terribly familiar. He is mesmerized as the Man in the Silver Mask is pitted against the terrible forces of evil — los rudos, the bad guys [...]
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The House Of The Scorpion

The House of the Scorpion By Nancy Farmer is about Matthew who is a clone of El Patrón, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years, he has lived in a tiny cottage in the poppy fields with Celia, a kind and [...]
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Mexico

Introduces Mexican culture using crafts, recipes, games, and folktales.
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Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead

When the monarch butterflies return to the Mexican countryside where Lupita lives, she knows that it means that Da de Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is near. She and her favorite uncle watch the butterflies as they flutter in the trees. When a butterfly lands on Lupitas hand, her uncle reminds her that she [...]
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Mystery of the Ancient Maya

Explores the advanced civilization and unsolved mysteries of the Maya who reigned for over 2000 years and then disappeared.
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The Diving Bell

Culca longs to dive, but girls on her native island take care of the men. The divers are essential to the survival of the village as the pearls and shells they gather are used for trading. All is not well, however. When Spanish ships full of god sink in a storm, the village divers are [...]
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The Ancestors Are Singing

A collection of poems reflecting the culture, customs, daily life, and history of Mexico. Tony Johnston takes us from Mexico City to Oaxaca to Chiapas, from the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl to a shoeless boy selling newspapers, in this moving collection exuberantly illustrated by Karen Barbour.
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Diego

 Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
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Mud Tortillas

Adriana makes tortillas replacing all the ingredients with fictitious alternatives.
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Mamá Goose : A Latino Nursery Treasury

Latino Nursery. Spanish & English bilingual nursery book.
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