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Harriet Rohmer

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1) The legend of food mountain

Author

Rohmer, Harriet

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

1988, c1982

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

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An Aztec legend recounting how a giant red ant helped the ancient god, Quetzalcoatl, bring corn to the first, hungry people of the earth.

2) How we came to the fifth world: a creation story from ancient Mexico

Author

Rohmer, Harriet

Series

Tales of the Americas

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

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An Aztec myth recounting the creation and destruction of the world by the deities of the four great elements.

3) The invisible hunters: a legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua

Author

Rohmer, Harriet

Series

Stories from Central America

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

c1987

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This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.

4) Mother Scorpion country: a legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua

Author

Rohmer, Harriet

Series

Stories from Central America

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

c1987

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

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A brave young Miskito Indian follows his wife from the land of the living to the spirit world.

5) Atariba & Niguayona: a story from the Taino people of Puerto Rico

Author

Rohmer, Harriet

Series

Tales of the Americas

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

c1988

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1

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A Taino Indian legend about a young boy and his search for the healing caimoni tree.

6) Family pictures

Author

Garza, Carmen Lomas

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

c1990

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

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The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas.

7) Magic windows

Author

Garza, Carmen Lomas

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

c1999

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In Spanish and English, Carmen Lomas Garza portrays her family's Mexican customs through cut-paper work.

8) Grandma and me at the flea =: Los meros meros remateros

Author

Herrera, Juan Felipe

Publisher

Children's Book Press

Pub. Date

2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

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Juanito accompanies his grandmother to a flea market in southern California, where he helps her and the other vendors and where they enjoy seeing old friends from their Mexican-American community.

9) In my family

Author

Garza, Carmen Lomas

Publisher

Children's Book Press/Libros Para Ninos

Pub. Date

c1996

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

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The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in an Hispanic community in Texas.