Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Stories 40 of the Best-Loved Stories for Parents and Children to Share

by Suarez-Rivas, Maite; Mora, Alma; Araceli, Ruth; Levitas, Alexander; Workman, Shannon

• ISBN13: 9781579123987
• ISBN10: 1579123988
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Summary

The latest addition to Black Dog & Leventhal's successful "illustrated read-aloud" series, An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Stories is a complete collection of time-honored tales from the Latino storytelling tradition. Included are 40 classic myths, legends, fables, and fairy tales, as well as riddles, history, biographies, and modern-day stories.

Author Biography

Maite Suarez-Rivas is an editor and a writer. She lives in New York City Alma Mora holds teaching positions at Columbia University, The New School for Social Research, and Hunter College

Table of Contents

Myths and Legends of Pre-Columbian Cultures
The Golden Flower	p. 11
La flor dorada	p. 15
How We Came to the Fifth World	p. 19
Como Vinimos al quinto mundo	p. 24
The Fall of Quetzalcoatl and the City of Tula	p. 29
La caida de Quetzalcoatl y la ciudad de Tula	p. 33
The Lost City of El Dorado	p. 37
La ciudad perdida de El Dorado	p. 41
Fables and Riddles
The Blind Man and the Cripple	p. 47
El ciego y el cojo	p. 49
The Farmer and His Children	p. 50
El labrador y sus hijos	p. 51
The Horse, the Deer, and the Hunter	p. 52
El caballo, el ciervo, y el cazador	p. 54
The Thief and the Dog	p. 56
El ladron, y el perro	p. 58
The Sparrow and the Hare	p. 59
El gorrion y la liebre	p. 62
The Sheepherder and the Philosopher	p. 64
El pastor y el filosofo	p. 67
Crickets and Frogs	p. 69
Grillos y ranas	p. 72
The Elephant and His Secret	p. 73
El elephante y su secreto	p. 78
Riddles	p. 83
Rain/La lluvia	p. 83
The Iris of Your Eyes/Las ninas de los ojos	p. 83
A Cloud/La nube	p. 84
An Egg/El huevo	p. 84
The Tree/El arbol	p. 85
The Sun/El so	p. 85
The Rooster/El gallo	p. 86
Fairy Tales and Stories
Little Miss Martinez	p. 89
La cucarachita Martina	p. 93
John, the Silly Boy	p. 97
Juan Bobo, el rico	p. 101
The Haunted House of Ponce de Leon	p. 105
La casa encantada de Ponce de leon	p. 108
The Dwarf Who Became King	p. 111
El Enano Rey	p. 118
History
Tainos of the Caribbean	p. 127
Los Tainos del Caribe	p. 132
The Aztecs	p. 137
Los Aztecas	p. 141
The Mayan Civilization	p. 145
La civilizacion maya	p. 149
Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada	p. 153
Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada	p. 161
Spanish-American Literature of More Recent Times
Bless me Ultima by Rudolpho Anaya	p. 171
Bendiceme, Ultima	p. 176
Broad and Alien is the World by Ciro Alegria	p. 181
El mundo es ancho y anejo	p. 186
Illustrator Biographies	p. 191
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