A stunningly illustrated fable about cultural humility and the transcendent power of stories. A young teacher sets out for the Amazon rain forest, eager to share geography, science, and math with the remote community of Las Delicias. The town's children love the books the young teacher brings, and yet they keep repeating legends about a great and dangerous serpent. The young teacher can't believe her students still care about that nonsense. But as the river rises, those stories don't seem so strange anymore. Maybe books aren't the only way to discover the wisdom of past generations... The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent is a poetic, thought-provoking exploration of how stories can protect and guide a community. Bold, dynamic art and lyrical writing will open unforgettable conversations about cross-cultural relationships, the importance of indigenous knowledge, and what it means to be a lifelong learner.
In the pueblo of Palenque, hardly anybody knows how to read. When Gina begins to receive letters from a young doctor that she is sure contain promises of love, her little sister makes a decision that will change her life, and the lives of the other children in the pueblo, forever. With the help of Se隳r Velandia, the owner of the village shop, she will slowly unlock the letters of the alphabet and discover the magic of reading. And soon she will make a discovery that is more miraculous still--that letters are literally all around her.Set in Colombia at the turn of the century, at a point when oral tradition was giving way to literacy, this joyful story about the power of reading to change lives for the better is told with sensitivity and warmth.
“I highly recommend this extraordinary trip to the kingdom of the monarch.”—Dr. Lincoln Brower, Sweet Briar College, the world’s leading expert on the Monarch butterflyEach year, in the Mexican town o
Each year, in the Mexican town of Contepec, migrating Monarch butterflies spend the winter in the temperate forests of Mexico. This children’s book (ages 8-12) is an adventure story about two co
