mexico

Eight-year old Omar Castillo fulfills his dream of visiting the endangered rain forest of southern Mexico and wins an audience with the president of Mexico to express his concern.

When his face is changed into that of a snake after he visits a forbidden cave, a young boy wears a mask for twenty years, before being taken into the sky.

Recounts the story of Master Potter Juan Quezada's efforts to resurrect a small abandoned town in Northern Mexico.

In this rhyming adaptation of the traditional Mexican tale, the coyote tries to trick the rabbit with humorous results.

During the three-day celebration of the Days of the Dead, a young Mexican boy and his family make elaborate preparations to honor the spirits of the dead.

When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower we now call the poinsettia.

Relates the traditional Cora Indian tale in which Opossum outwits the larger and more powerful Iguana and returns the stolen fire to the people of the earth.

Presents the life of the Zapotec Indian who officially became president of Mexico in 1861, instituted many reforms, and led his country in a war of independence.

Examines the mythology and history behind the pyramids of the world, including the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, the ziggurats of Babylon, and the temples of the Aztecs and Mayans, and provides information on pyramid construction, the people who built them, and their priests and gods.

Detailed illustrations and verse tell the story of a little girl who loved to read in a time when girls did not go to school, and who went on to become the leading writer and intellectual of her day.