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PAYS BASQUE
For Kids
The Cricket Sings: Poems and Songs for Children
• Federico García Lorca
LITERATURE •
1980 •
PAPER
• 96 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
This brief collection of folk songs and poems by Federico Garcia Lorca (with English and Spanish on facing pages) will delight little ones and parents alike.
(SPN97, $10.95) |
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If You Were There in 1492, Everyday Life in the Time of Columbus
• Barbara Brenner
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 112 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Life in Spain just before Columbus's voyage to the Americas -- when tomatoes, pumpkins and Aztec gold were still unknown in Europe. This clever illustrated history gives the facts of life in the cities and countryside from a child's point of view. Middle schoolers will like it.
(SPN164, $6.99) |
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Spain, The People
• Tara Steele
• Noa Lior
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2001 •
PAPER
• 32 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A pictorial and factual introduction to the people of Spain, geared for middle-schoolers. Chapters cover traditions, history, city and village life, homes, school, entertainment and food.
(SPN165, $7.95) |
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Shadow of a Bull
• Maia Wojciechowska
LITERATURE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 151 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Manolo's father was a spectacular and beloved bullfighter. Now, as Manolo nears his 12th birthday, he must choose his career path. Will he become a bullfighter as great as his father, as all the citizens of Arcangel hope? Or will he please himself and pursue a career in medicine? This compelling young-adult novel won the Newbery Medal in 1964. Not surprisingly, it features vivid descriptions of bullfights.
(SPN160, $5.99) |
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The Ramsay Scallop
• Frances Temple
LITERATURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Highly recommended for young teens with a taste for historical fiction and a modicum of patience, this sprawling novel tells of a medieval pilgrimage through France to Santiago, Spain. The book takes a cue from Chaucer, telling the stories not only of the protagonists (teenaged fiances who don't get along) but also of the strangers they meet. In doing so, it recreates much of the 13th-century western European world within its pages. Ages 12-14.
(FRN389, $7.99) |
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