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Book Adelita

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tomie dePaola
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2002-09-16
  • ISBN : 1524737232
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book Adelita written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-09-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hace mucho tiempo—a long time ago—there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kindhearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identity: a beautiful rebozo—shawl. With the rebozo in place of a glass slipper, this favorite fairy tale takes a delightful twist. Tomie dePaola's exquisite paintings, filled with the folk art of Mexico, make this a Cinderella story like no other. Please note that the majority of this text is in English, with Spanish vocabulary throughout.

Book Chicano Folklore

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rafaela Castro
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2001-11-15
  • ISBN : 9780195146394
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Chicano Folklore written by Rafaela Castro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published under title: Dictionary of Chicano folklore. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2000.

Book Adelita  A Sea Turtle s Journey

Download or read book Adelita A Sea Turtle s Journey written by Jenny Goebel and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable true story of the first sea turtle to be tracked across the Pacific Ocean. One moonlit night, a young loggerhead sea turtle crawled into the ocean. As she swam and rode currents, she wandered far from the beach where she'd hatched. How far? Nobody knew for sure. In 1996, this turtle, caught in Mexico, was given a name—Adelita—and a satellite tag was attached to her shell. Then she was set free in the Pacific Ocean. Adelita’s astonishing journey home led to a new understanding of sea turtles and inspired changes that have made the world a better place for them.

Book The Adelita

    Book Details:
  • Author : Oakley M. Hall
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1975
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book The Adelita written by Oakley M. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book ADELITA   S

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carlos Sanz
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2016-01-19
  • ISBN : 1514438941
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book ADELITA S written by Carlos Sanz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julian Valderrama, a young Spaniard from a small town, arrives to the International City of Tangier for reasons unknown to him. His only contact in town is Adelita who runs a boarding house with an iron fist. There he meets a mysterious woman who everybody calls the Duchess although no one knows if she is one, two young French teachers escaping their past, an eccentric Englishman determined to cross the Sahara on foot, and a comic individual dressed in a military uniform of his own making. Julian Valderrama is astonished by the diversity of the international city on the verge of losing its international status and tries to absorb as much of it as he can. He finds in the Duchess a mentor introducing him to the secrets of the city and a protector when in trouble. The death of the Duchess changes his life.

Book M  xico s Nobodies

    Book Details:
  • Author : B. Christine Arce
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 2016-12-28
  • ISBN : 143846357X
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book M xico s Nobodies written by B. Christine Arce and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 Victoria Urbano Critical Monograph Book Prize, presented by the International Association of Hispanic Feminine Literature and Culture Winner of the 2018 Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize presented by the Modern Language Association Honorable Mention, 2018 Elli Kongas-Maranda Professional Award presented by the Women's Studies Section of the American Folklore Society Analyzes cultural materials that grapple with gender and blackness to revise traditional interpretations of Mexicanness. México’s Nobodies examines two key figures in Mexican history that have remained anonymous despite their proliferation in the arts: the soldadera and the figure of the mulata. B. Christine Arce unravels the stunning paradox evident in the simultaneous erasure (in official circles) and ongoing fascination (in the popular imagination) with the nameless people who both define and fall outside of traditional norms of national identity. The book traces the legacy of these extraordinary figures in popular histories and legends, the Inquisition, ballads such as “La Adelita” and “La Cucaracha,” iconic performers like Toña la Negra, and musical genres such as the son jarocho and danzón. This study is the first of its kind to draw attention to art’s crucial role in bearing witness to the rich heritage of blacks and women in contemporary México.

Book Snipp  Snapp  Snurr and the Gingerbread

Download or read book Snipp Snapp Snurr and the Gingerbread written by Maj Lindman and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a kindly neighbor gave the boys some money to spend, they went straight to the bakery to buy some gingerbread—and they fell into the batter! Now Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr looked just like three gingerbread boys who had come to life. A beautiful princess picked them up in her coach and took them to her palace for a party. When the party was over, Mother knew just what to do with her children.

Book Las Soldaderas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elena Poniatowska
  • Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Las Soldaderas written by Elena Poniatowska and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archival photos and Elena Poniatowska tell the story of women soldiers during the Mexican Revolution.

Book Latina Performance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alicia Arrizón
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780253335081
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book Latina Performance written by Alicia Arrizón and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Latina Performance is a densely theorized treatment of rich materials." --MultiCultural Review "Arrizón's important book revolves around the complex issues of identity formation and power relations for US women performers of Latin American descent." --Choice Latina Performance examines the Latina subject whose work as dramatist, actress, theorist, and/or critic further defines the field of theater and performance in the United States. Alicia Arrizón looks at the cultural politics that flows from the intersection of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and sexuality.

Book Chicana Traditions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Norma E. Cantú
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780252070129
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Chicana Traditions written by Norma E. Cantú and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first anthology to focus specifically on the topic of Chicana expressive culture, Chicana Traditions features the work of native scholars: Chicanas engaged in careers as professors and students, performing artists and folklorists, archivists and museum coordinators, and community activists. Blending narratives of personal experience with more formal, scholarly discussions, Chicana Traditions tells the insider story of a professional woman mariachi performer and traces the creation and evolution of the escaramuza charra (all-female precision riding team) within the male-dominated charreada, or Mexican rodeo. Other essays cover the ranchera (country or rural) music of the transnational performer Lydia Mendoza, the complex crossover of Selena's Tejano music, and the bottle cap and jar lid art of Goldie Garcia. Framed by the Chicana feminist concept of the borderlands, a formative space where cultures and identities converge, Chicana Traditions offers a lively commentary on how women continue to invent, reshape, and transcend their traditional culture.

Book 26 Fairmount Avenue

Download or read book 26 Fairmount Avenue written by Tomie dePaola and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

Book Mexican Origin Foods  Foodways  and Social Movements

Download or read book Mexican Origin Foods Foodways and Social Movements written by Devon Peña and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of new essays offers groundbreaking perspectives on the ways that food and foodways serve as an element of decolonization in Mexican-origin communities. The writers here take us from multigenerational acequia farmers, who trace their ancestry to Indigenous families in place well before the Oñate Entrada of 1598, to tomorrow's transborder travelers who will be negotiating entry into the United States. Throughout, we witness the shifting mosaic of Mexican-origin foods and foodways from Chiapas to Alaska. Global food systems are also considered from a critical agroecological perspective, which takes into account the ways colonialism affects native biocultural diversity, ecosystem resilience, and equality across species and generations. Mexican-Origin Foods, Foodways, and Social Movements is a major contribution to the understanding of the ways that Mexican-origin peoples have resisted and transformed food systems through daily lived acts of producing and sharing food, knowledge, and seeds in both place-based and displaced communities. It will animate scholarship on global food studies for years to come."--Page [4] of cover.

Book Caillou  My Day Care Friends

Download or read book Caillou My Day Care Friends written by Sarah Margaret Johanson and published by Chouette Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-day jitters are explored in this story drawn from the popular television series. A poster containing fun, interactive activities that reinforce the book's themes is also included. Full color. Consumable.

Book Fearless Women in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War

Download or read book Fearless Women in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War written by Tabea Alexa Linhard and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Study of the role women played in the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Examines female figures such as the soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution and the milicianas of the Spanish Civil War and the intersection of gender, revolution, and culture in both the Mexican and the Spanish contexts"--Provided by publisher.

Book Mariachi Philharmonic  Mariachi in the Traditional String Orchestra

Download or read book Mariachi Philharmonic Mariachi in the Traditional String Orchestra written by John Nieto and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the exciting music of the marichi tradition! Lifelong mariachi performer and educator John Nieto joins Bob Phillips to provide authentic orchestral settings of familiar, traditional tunes for string orchestra alone, mariachi band alone, or string orchestra and mariachi band together. Trumpet and accompaniment books are available to provide optional parts for trumpet, guitar, guitarrón, vihuela, piano, and harp. Historical background and arrangement ideas are provided in the Teacher's Manual.

Book A Lesson for Bailey

Download or read book A Lesson for Bailey written by Claudia Atticot and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Bailey Beaver learns a painful lesson about keeping his teeth healthy. Personal Health: Caring for Your Teeth.

Book Sunday Rain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rosie J. Pova
  • Publisher : Lantana Publishing
  • Release : 2021-03-02
  • ISBN : 1913747646
  • Pages : 17 pages

Download or read book Sunday Rain written by Rosie J. Pova and published by Lantana Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative adventure for any child hoping to make a new friend, and for when a new place doesn’t yet feel like home. Elliott has just moved into a new house. He spends his days with his fictional friends, immersed in a book. When an inviting Sunday rain gathers the local kids to play in the puddles, Elliott longs to join in, but he's too shy to go outside. Soon, Elliott discovers that new friendships are like a new book—you just have to plunge into the adventure. "While a storm rages on the other side of the ship curtains at his bedroom window, Elliott buries himself in a book. A princess endlessly fights a dragon and a watercolor sea keeps 'swallowing the royal boat,' with Elliott at the helm. Later, he peeks out shyly at two puddle-jumping children on the sidewalk. 'Make some friends while I finish unpacking,' his mother urges. He joins them with a toy boat. Soon the S.S. Elliott is life-size, the puddles are an ocean and the dragon is a kite. Elliott's new house feels like home."—The New York Times Book Review, 8 Picture Books about Imagination and Identity "The imagination-fueled adventures will restore your faith in the kindness of kids"—Parents Magazine, 5 Parents-Approved Children's Books to Read Right Now “A quiet, sweet story blending common themes of moving, imagination, and friendship”—Kirkus Reviews “A gorgeous book demonstrating perfectly, with understanding and empathy, the importance of gentle encouragement to face our fears and the positive effects which result from leaping right into life and right into those glorious, rainy day puddles!”—Book Monsters “Moving may be hard, but new places can offer friendly guides to worlds of adventure, if we're brave enough to seek them out!”—Jennifer Broedel, children's author