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Materials from Mexico

Frida Kahlo: The Artist Who Painted Herself

Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, written as a child’s school report.

Published: 2003, Penguin Group
Tags: Art and artists
Categories: AmericasAmericas, Biography - Autobiography- MemoirAmericas, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, MexicoAmericas, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Witch’s Face: A Mexican Tale

Don Aurelio falls in love with a witch who has a beautiful face but fails to heed her special instructions.

Published: 1993,
Tags: Heroines, Holocaust, Sisters
Categories: AmericasAmericas, Folklore and Fairy TalesAmericas, Folklore and Fairy Tales, MexicoAmericas, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Twenty-Five Mixtec Cats

The inhabitants of a mountain village are suspicious of the twenty-five cats who come to live with their healer, until the cats are able to help lift a curse placed on the butcher.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Turtles
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, MexicoAmericas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

When The Pigs Took Over

Don Carlos likes to do everything in a big way, but his idea to serve lots of snails in his restaurant nearly destroys the whole village.

Published: 2002,
Tags: Divorce
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, MexicoAmericas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

Teenage Refugees From Mexico Speak Out

Six teenagers tell about their experiences in immigrating to the United States for the opportunities which elude them in Mexico because of its political and economic instability.

Published: 1997,
Tags: Adventures
Categories: AmericasAmericas, MexicoAmericas, Mexico, NonfictionAmericas, Mexico, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Grandmother’s Song

A Mexican Indian grandmother can feel the fear in her grandaughter’s bones, so she strokes and hugs her to give her courage, dignity, trust, and skill which the grandaughter eventually passes on to her own grandchildren.

Published: 1998,
Tags: Arab-Israeli conflict
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, MexicoAmericas, Fiction, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9)

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