| Tío Culebra Contributor(s): Gollub, Matthew (Author), Martinez, Leovigildo (Illustrator), Guzmán Ferrer, Martín Luis (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1889910236 ISBN-13: 9781889910239 Publisher: Tortuga Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Spanish Published: January 2002 Annotation: Spanish edition of "Uncle Snake." Picture book. Full color. 32 pp. A mysterious tale set in ancient Mexico explaining the origins of lightning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Mexico |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 2001133107 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 11.12" W x 8.78" (0.87 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this mysterious tale set in ancient Mexico, something unearthly happens when a boy enters a forbidden cave. No curandero can change him back. Only the nahual, a shape-changing magic worker, can see beyond the horizon: "You are destined," he tells the boy, "to show the world something new." Twenty years later, the boy is a young man, known to village children as "Uncle Snake." Finally, it's time to discover the glorious change that awaits him. On this third collaboration, Matthew Gollub and Leovigildo Martínez have woven a captivating story, again set amid the rich folk culture of Mr. Martínez's native Oaxaca. Américas Commended Book Artwork honored by the Society of Illustrators in New York Paintings and text displayed in over 20 museums nationwide |