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Dona Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by Pat Mora Publisher Comments Doña Flor is a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest. Popular with her neighbors, she lets the children use her flowers as trumpets and her leftover tortillas as rafts. Flor loves to read, too, and she can often be found... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Trade Paper
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Sergio and the Hurricane by Alexandra Wallner Publisher Comments In Puerto Rico, a little boy and his village experience the drama and destruction of a hurricane Sergio lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. San Juan is usually sunny and peaceful, but one day the sky grows dark and the ocean gets choppy. A hurricane is... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry Publisher Comments For thousands of years, in the jungles of the Amazon, shamans have passed their wisdom of the medicinal values of rain forest plants from one generation to the next. The Shaman's Apprentice tells the story of a Tirio Indian boy who dreams of one day... (read more) List Price $7.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Pot That Juan Built (02 Edition) by Nancy Andrews-goebel Publisher Comments Juan Quezada creates pots in the traditional style of the Casas Grandes people. This real-life story relays how Juan's pioneering work has changed a poor village into a prosperous community.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Hardcover
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Mama God, Papa God: A Caribbean Tale by Richa Keens Douglas Publisher Comments This creation tale portrays Mama God and Papa God talking together as they add new elements to heaven. With love and laughter, Papa God creates the first man and Mama God the first woman. Each new creation fills them with delight until they agree the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Conejito: A Folktale from Panama by Margaret Read Macdonald Publisher Comments An all-star author-illustrator team delivers a timeless story about finding love and acceptance.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fiestas by Jose Luis Orozco Publisher Comments Carefully crafted for both Spanish and English audiences, this radiant bilingual collection (a follow-up to the highly successful De Colores and Diez Deditos) includes over twenty holiday songs and rhymes gathered from Spanish-speaking countries. The... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon by Gerald Mcdermott Publisher Comments Jabutí's shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were sweet. But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks Jabutí sometimes played. When a concert takes place in heaven, Vulture offers to fly Jabut... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Chocolate Tree: A Mayan Folktale (On My Own Folklore) by Linda Lowery Synopsis Ever wonder where chocolate came from? We have the Mayan king Kukulk??n to thank. Kukulk??n is more than a king???he is also a god. One day he brings his people an amazing gift: a chocolate tree But there is just one problem. Kukulk??n's brother, Night... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest: Stories and Illustrations by Alfred Avila Publisher Comments SPECTERS that haunt the rivers and woods, hidden treasure, headless goblins, a wild phantasmagoria of gore and grizzle...all here for the first time in English to delight audiences of all ages, but particularly young adult readers. Alfred Avila's... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pasteboard Bandit by Langston Hughes Publisher Comments In this delightful children's tale, an American boy, Kenny Strange, moves to the quiet Mexican town of Taxco with his parents and strikes up a friendship with young Juanito P�rez, a Taxco native. The two boys are brought together by an enchanting... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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The fifth and final sun :an ancient aztec myth of the sun's origin by C Shana Greger Publisher Comments Back in the earliest memories of the world, the God of the Night ruled the skies, but his reign as sun was ended by the jealousy of the God of the Wind. The ancient gods' struggle for supremacy raged for ages, until the creation, by sacrifice of the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Huevos Rancheros by Stefan Czernecki Synopsis This delightful story about a clever hen who outsmarts her coyote adversary through charm and culinary art features stunning full-color illustrations that capture the feeling of Mexico.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $1.48 Used - Hardcover
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Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes by Barbara Knutson List Price $17.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Zorro and Quwi :tales of a trickster pig by Rebecca Hickox Your price: $2.25 Used - Hardcover
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The Magic Feather: A Jamaican Legend by Lis Rojanybuccieri List Price $4.95 Your price: $0.95 Used - Pamphlet
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Flame of Peace a Tale of the Aztecs by Deborah Lattimore List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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So Say the Little Monkeys by Nancy Van Laan List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Juan Bobo & the Pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale by Felix Pitre List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fair At Kanta by Carlos Antonio Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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