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El Nino Cocinero Latinoamericano/The Latin American Cookbook For Children (Coedicion Latinoamericana) (Spanish Edition)
Provides fourteen simple recipes for dishes from different Latin American countries, including main dishes, snacks, and desserts
Miguel Vicente Pata Caliente / Hot-Footed Miguel Vicente (Spanish Edition)
The life of a friendly shoeshine boy takes a bittersweet turn when his dreams of traveling come true.
Camilon, Comilon
Camilón is a gluttonous and lazy piggy who prefers to order food from the others to get it himself. He is accustomed to his friends always saving him from starving, and when he gets a lot of food, he thinks he could do something different … What will Camilon, a glutton, propose? A fun story that emphasizes the need for friendship and generosity.
El Secreto De La Llama (Leyendas Del Mundo) (Spanish Edition)
A Peruvian legend of how the llama warned all the animals of a coming flood.
From Another World
Martin and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children have a fun time helping to renovate the old place and they sleep in a shed that is being converted into a guest room. But one night they hear the sound of a young girl crying. Gradually, the ghost of a slave girl from the late 1800s named Rosario appears to them. Rosario tells them the story of her life and in doing so reveals the danger and instability that existed in Brazil after slavery ended. Though not the best at writing, Martin promises Rosario to record her story in the form of a book. Though the experience of slavery seems remote to Martin and his friends, by the time they\’ve heard Rosario\’s story, the evil of slavery is made painfully clear. Ana Maria Machado’s deft storytelling skills and social conscience come together in this powerfully moving book that explores the history and impact of slavery.
The Goldsmith’s Daughter
A bearer of doom, or a bringer of change? As the Aztec empire falls, one girl defies her destiny.In the golden city of Tenochtitlán, the people live in awe of Emperor Montezuma and in fear of blood-hungry gods. Under an ill-fated sky, a girl is born, facing a life of submission and domestic drudgery. But Itacate has a secret passion for goldwork, forbidden to women, and is forced to disguise her identity to protect herself and her family. When her city is shaken by Cortez’s invasion, Itacate challenges fate, culture, and faith by crafting golden statues — and pursuing the love of a man who should be her enemy. From the author of I AM APACHE comes a tale of clashing cultures, a rich and powerful depiction of Aztec life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
El Tigre y El Rayo: The Jaguar and the Lightning
A folktale about a boasting jaguar who is humbled by lightning.
La Gigantona : Mi Primer Libro De Folklore
Introduces children to Latin American folklore by using short stories, poems, riddles and much more.
Li, Min, Una Nina Del Chimel
Había u vez u niña que se llamaba Li Mi?n. Vivía en chimel, un pueblo de Guatemala. Li Mi?n tenía un abuelo que contaba historias fantásticas. No sabía que algún día, bajo el nombre de Rigoberta Menchú, garía un Premio Nobel de la Paz. En este libro rra, con su amigo Dante Liano, la fábula de su infancia.
The story of Rigoberta Menchú, a political and human rights activist from Guatemala.