Carling, Amelia Lau. Mama and Papa Have a Store.
A little girl describes what a day is like in her parents' Chinese store
in Guatemala City.
Franklin, Kristine L. Iguana Beach.
Reina promises not to swim during her first trip to the ocean, but has
trouble keeping the promise.
Jendresen, Erik. The First Story Ever Told.
An explorer searches for the Incas' lost city of gold, but discovers the
deeper meaning of the place.
Machado, Ana Maria. Nina Bonita.
Enchanted by Nina Bonita's skin, a rabbit determines to have children as
beautiful and black as she is.
Markun, Patricia Maloney. The Little Painter of Sabana Grande.
Lacking paper, a young Panamanian artist paints the outside of his adobe
home.
Clark, Ann Nolan. Secret of the Andes.
A boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions
and secrets of his Inca ancestors.
Griffin, Adele. Rainy Season.
Living in the Panama Canal Zone in 1977, Lane tries to cope with the
aftermath of a fatal car crash.
Head, Judith. Culebra Cut.
William's father takes a job with the Panama Canal project in 1911, and
William goes with him.
Mohr, Nicholasa. Going Home.
Feeling like an outsider when she visits her relatives in Puerto Rico for
the first time, Felita tries to come to terms with the heritage she always
took for granted.
Talbott, Hudson. Amazon Diary: Property of Alex Winters.
Alex is rescued from a plane crash by Yanomami Indians of Venezuela and
lives with them.
Temple, Frances. Grab Hands and Run.
After his father disappears, Felipe, his mother, and his younger sister
set out on a difficult and dangerous journey from their home in El
Salvador to Canada.
Ada, Alma Flor. Where the Flame Trees Bloom.
Includes eleven stories about the relatives and friends that were part of
the author's childhood in Cuba.
Brusca, Maria Cristina. On the Pampas.
A little girl spends an idyllic summer at her grandparents' ranch on the
pampas of Argentina.
Buell, Janet. Ice Maiden of the Andes.
Tells of the discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of a girl in the
Andes and how this discovery has increased our knowledge of the ancient
Incas.
Cobb, Vicki. This Place Is High.
Surveys the living conditions for the people and animals in the Andes
Mountains of Bolivia.
Cobb, Vicki. This Place Is Wet.
Focuses on the land, ecology, people, and animals of the Amazon rain
forest in Brazil.
Cowcher, Helen. Jaguar.
Intending to protect his cattle, a Venezuelan cowboy tracks a jaguar, but
is unable to kill it.
Haskins, James. Count Your Way Through Brazil.
Uses the Portuguese words for the numbers 1 to 10 to introduce the land,
history, and culture of Brazil.
Horenstein, Henry. Baseball in the Barrios.
Hubaldo's life in a Venezuelan barrio centers around his love for the
country's most popular sport.
Mathews, Sally Schofer. The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory
and a Spanish Loss.
A brief history of the Aztecs which vividly details the drama of Montezuma
and Cortes.
Out of the Dump. Kristine L. Franklin, ed.
A compilation of poems, with photographs, by children who live in the
municipal dump in Guatemala City.
Presilla, Maricel E. Mola: Cuna Life Stories and Art.
An intriguing picture of the lives of Panama's Cuna Indians through their
unique folk art.
Contact
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Updated:
May 21, 2004
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