Emerald Lizard - (World Storytelling from August House) by Pleasant DeSpain (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Bank Street College: Best Children's Books of the Year & Parent's Guide to Children's Media Young Adults' Choice Award Latin America today presents a complex tapestry of native, Spanish, European, and African influences.
- 8-12 Years
- 8.45" x 5.46" Paperback
- 184 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Animals
- Series Name: World Storytelling from August House
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About the Book
For the past three decades, Pleasant DeSpain has explored Latin America - its people, customs, cultures, and especially the myths and legends. The tales in this collection are full of compassionate souls, tricks and humor
Book Synopsis
Bank Street College: Best Children's Books of the Year & Parent's Guide to Children's Media Young Adults' Choice AwardLatin America today presents a complex tapestry of native, Spanish, European, and African influences. For the past three decades, Pleasant DeSpain has explored Latin America - its landscapes, customs, cultures, and especially, its stories. Here he presents his finely-honed retellings of traditional folktales, myths, and legends from a broad array of Latin American cultures: Guatemala, Haiti, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, and Chile. The fifteen tales presented here are full of compassionate souls, tricks and humor, explanations of nature and geography - and always, fine storytelling. Mario Lamo-Jiménez's Spanish translation reverberates with the rich, vibrant quality for which Latin tales are known. These animal stories are wild with llamas, jaguars and lessons for readers. Oh my! Messages of courage, fairness and resourcefulness run rampant in these folktales.
From the Back Cover
DeSpain has spent decades exploring Latin American and collecting its stories. These tales are full of compassionate souls, humor, explanations of nature and geography -- and always, fine story-telling. Lamo-Jimenez's Spanish translation reverberates with the rich, vibrant quality for which Latin tales are known.About the Author
Pleasant DeSpain Bio: Pleasant DeSpain has a most unusual but true name and an equally unusual but true profession - writer and storyteller. He travels the world collecting, researching, writing and retelling traditional tales from native cultures. Born in Colorado, he wrote his first original story at age eight. It was published as "The Mystery Artist" in 1996. Pleasant taught speech-literature-drama for six years at three universities, and wrote-produced-hosted an award-winning TV show called "Pleasant Journeys" on KING TV, Seattle. Now, the author of eighteen award-winning, multicultural story collections and picture books, published by August House, has a home in Troy, NY and frequently travels to spend extended periods of time in Thailand. Pleasant continues to travel the world having amazing adventures. While living in Thailand he has continued to collect more stories and is working on a new book.Dimensions (Overall): 8.45 Inches (H) x 5.46 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .58 Pounds
Suggested Age: 8-12 Years
Number of Pages: 184
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: Animals
Series Title: World Storytelling from August House
Publisher: August House Publishers
Theme: Reptiles & Amphibians
Format: Paperback
Author: Pleasant DeSpain
Language: English
Street Date: December 28, 2005
TCIN: 1005238124
UPC: 9780874835526
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-5945
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.56 inches length x 5.46 inches width x 8.45 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.58 pounds
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