Napí is a young Mazateca girl who lives with her family in a village on the bank of a river in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Each afternoon the family sits beneath the shade of a huge ceiba tree and listens to the grandfather’s stories. As Napí listens, she imagines different colors — orange, purple, violet, and green. When night comes, the trees fill with white herons settling on their branches. The ceiba tree sends Napí dreams every night, and in her favorite one, she becomes a heron, gliding freely along the river. Domi’s vibrant palette and magical illustrations perfectly complement this imaginative story.

Related: Americas, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780888996107
• Author: Ramirez, Antonio
• Illustrator: Domi
• Published: 2004, Groundwood Books
• Themes: Dreams, Family, Indigenous, Night
• Descriptors: Americas, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32