latin america

An illustrated collection of eleven songs for children, presented in English and Spanish, with introductions and guitar chords.

A collection of popular tales told to young children in places such as Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Mexico.

An Indian legend from Latin America tells how the birds got their colors after they encountered a rainbow.

Presents a discussion, in English and Spanish, of the coqui and other frogs, such as the poison dart frog and red-eyed tree frog, covering their cultural significance, physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats.

In this folktale from New Mexico, a rich man tries to prove his wealth by using a new spoon for every bite and in the process is served a pretty dish of comeuppance. Presented in English and Spanish.

Presents profiles of fourteen Latino baseball players who, from 1900 through the 1960s, were pioneers of the sport in their home countries and the United States.

Presents ten works of children's folklore featuring fantastical animals from the literary traditions of Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.

The author describes his boyhood summers spent at his grandmother's apartment in Spanish Harlem where she introduced him to the sounds of the merenque and the conga and told him stories of Puerto Rico.