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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE | SEPTEMBER 2013
NOW IN
PAPERBACK
Grades:
3-5
Jorge Argueta
La fiesta de las tortillas / The Fiesta of
the Tortillas
ISBN: 9780882722023
32 pp PB $14.95
BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / People &
Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
— Legends, Myths, Fables / General
Trim size: 9½” x 11”
Jorge Argueta
La gallinita en la ciudad / The Little Hen
in the City
ISBN: 9780882722030
32 pp PB $14.95
BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / People &
Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
— Social Issues / Emigration &
Immigration
Trim size: 9½” x 11”
The author remembers the day in
which the Spirit of the Corn visited
the restaurant that his family owned
in El Salvador. The narration is full of
suspense and impregnated with the
delicious scents that surrounded the
kitchen and that remain intact in the
memory and the heart of the author
from his childhood.
A small, tired, and ill speckled hen
that flies in front of her window on
a rainy morning, arouses in Natalia
nostalgia for her grandfather, who
stayed in El Salvador. She then is
determined to save the hen and
moves heaven and earth to achieve it.
Julia Alvarez
El mejor regalo del mundo: la
leyenda de la Vieja Belén / The
Best Gift of All: The Legend of
La Vieja Belen
ISBN: 9781622631490
32 pp PB $12.95
BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION /
Legends, Myths, Fables / General /
Holidays & Celebrations
Americas Award Honorable Mention
Renowned Latina author Julia Alvarez
recreates the legend of Dominican folk
character La Vieja Belen in this delighful
bilingual rhyming story, beautifully
illustrated by Dominican artist Ruddy
Nunez. Alvarez’s retelling keeps the
magic of the traditional account while
contributing a down-to-earth, timely
moral: “Of all the gifts you can give,
your time is the best.”