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Once upon a time : traditional Latin American tales = Había una vez : cuentos tradicionales latinoamericanos

by Martínez, Rueben, 1940-

Language: Spanish
English
Format: Print Book 2010
Availability: Available at 9 Libraries 9 of 10 copies

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Summary

Enter an enchanted world of kings and giants, where cockroaches play dress-up and coyotes fly to the moon! In this lively bilingual collection of short stories, Spain and Latin America's most beloved tales are retold for a new generation.

From the grateful rooster who cries "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" to the awesome spirit of the Mother of the Jungle, Once Upon a Time/Habia una vez celebrates seven traditional folktales and tells them in a colorful, fresh voice. In these magical adventures that are sure to delight, readers young and old will meet some of the world's most memorable heroes and charming tricksters.

Entra a un mundo encantado de reyes y gigantes, donde las cucarachas se visten de gala ¡y los coyotes vuelan a la luna! En esta colección de cuentos bilingüe, encontrarás las historias más preciadas de España y Latinoamérica, reinventadas aquí para una nueva generación.

Del gallo agradecido que grita "¡Quiquiriquí!" al poderoso espíritu de la Madreselva, Once Upon a Time/Habia una vez celebra siete cuentos tanto populares como tradicionales. En estas aventuras mágicas que sin duda te agradarán, conocerás a héroes memorables y a pícaros encantadores.

Contents
The wedding rooster = El gallo de bodas
The tlacuache and the coyote = El tlacuache y el coyote
The mother of the jungle = La madreselva
Martina the cockroach and Perez the mouse = La cucarachita Martina y el ratón Pedro
The flower of lirolay = La flor de lirolay
The king and the riddle = El rey y la adivinanza
Pedro Urdemales and the giant = Pedro Urdemales y el gigante.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "MacArthur Fellow Martínez presents seven classic Latin American folktales of varying themes, all chosen because they are dear to his heart. Culled from diverse countries, including Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain, the stories feature characters such as Martina the Cockroach, the Wedding Rooster, Madremonte (Mother of the Jungle), and the trickster Tlacuache (opossum). Averaging a dozen pages of bilingual text in English and Spanish, each story features a colorful, appealing full-page illustration, and attentive viewers may catch a few discrepancies between the images and the scenes described in the words. On one page, for example, the Mother of the Jungle appears with short tresses while the text states that she has extremely long hair. Martínez occasionally relies on choppy non sequiturs, and his narratives lack the literary and folkloric flair of Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy's work. Nonetheless, his interpretations read aloud well (especially in Spanish) and make a strong contribution to a still relatively empty canon of bilingual, Latin American folktale offerings.--Medlar, Andrew Copyright 2010 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "This collection of seven Latin American folktales features side-by-side English and Spanish text and descriptions of the origins and significance of each tale. In modernized, plainspoken language, the selections range from a lighthearted courtship tale about a beautiful cockroach (deciding against lipstick, she says, "Red is not a good color for me") to a trickster story featuring a gullible coyote. In the potentially unsettling "The Flower of Lirolay," two princes bury their third sibling alive, but when they dig him up, he's "miraculously" still breathing. A mix of spot art, borders, and full-page scenes, Colon's illustrations, rendered in watercolor and colored pencil on scratched paper, are alternately playful and stately, and make the stories spring off the page. Ages 5-10. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
Subjects Tales -- Latin America.
Tales -- Caribbean Area.
Tales -- Spain.
Folklore -- Latin America.
Folklore -- Caribbean Area.
Folklore -- Spain.
Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.
Publisher New York, NY :Rayo,2010
Edition 1st ed.
Other Titles Gallo de bodas.
Tlacuache y el coyote.
Madreselva.
Cucarachita Martina y el ratón Pedro.
Flor de lirolay.
Rey y la adivinanza.
Había una vez
Traditional Latin American tales
Cuentos tradicionales latinoamericanos
Contributors Colón, Raúl.
Unger, David, 1950-
Audience Ages 5-10.
Language Spanish
English
Parallel text in English and Spanish.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Description 95 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN 9780061468957 (trade bdg.)
0061468959 (trade bdg.)
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