Palacios, Argentina

A Peruvian rendition of the Great Flood story, in which a llama warns the people and animals to seek shelter on Huillcacato to avoid the rising sea, Mamacocha.

These are the stories of ten American heroes, influential and important Hispanic-American women and men from very different backgrounds and times who made history and are making history today. D. Farragut, S. Ochoa, J. Escalante, R. Clemente, V. Martinez, A. Novello, F.R. Chang-Diaz, F. Bujones, M. Santos, G. Estefan.

A young chief who had been protected by a hummingbird is killed by his jealous uncle and then transformed into a quetzal, symbol of freedom.

"When 10-year-old Diego's mother dies, he is sent to an orphanage. Here le learns to read and write--opportunities few poor children have in early sixteenth-century Spain. A false accusation forces Diego and his friend, Alonso, to flee the orphanage and become children of the streets. Then Alonso disappears and Diego is on his own. This is his story of how he struggles to survive and realize his dreams of adventure." Source--back cover of book.

While living with her grandparents when her mother goes to work in the city, a young Panamanian girl memorizes her mother's favorite poem, "Caperucita Roja," for her school's Christmas pageant.

A Peruvian rendition of the Great Flood story, in which a llama warns the people and animals to seek shelter on Huillcacato to avoid the rising sea, Mamacocha.

A young chief who had been protected by a hummingbird is killed by his jealous uncle and then transformed into a quetzal, symbol of freedom.