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La carrera del sapo y el venado

English · Paperback / Softback

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The value of brains over brawn and friendship over pride is beautifully explored in this classic tale. Venado, an arrogant deer that is always boasting about his speed and strength, is challenged to a race by Sapo, a wily toad. Venado is confident that he'll win the race. After all, he is the largest deer in the jungle and has the longest and swiftest legs. All the jungle's inhabitants -- including the jaguar, the toucan, the tapir, and the armadillo -- gather to watch this unlikely competition. With his quick wit and the help of his friends, will the toad be able to defeat his adversary? Domi brings her signature brilliant palette and charming humor to the illustrations.


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PAT MORA is an award-winning author, the founder of Día (El día de los niños, El día de los libros / Children¿s Day, Book Day), and an honorary member of the American Library Association. Her book Abuelos, illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling, won the International Latino Book Award for Best English Picture Book, a Library Media Connection Editor¿s Choice Award, and it was named a Críticas Magazine Best Children¿s Book. Pat is also the author of The Race of Toad and Deer (La carrera del sapo y el venado) and The Night the Moon Fell (La noche que se cayó la luna), both illustrated by Domi. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Summary

Pat Mora y Domi han creado una adaptación poética de la versión maya de la queridísima fábula de la tortuga y la liebre. El arrogante venado que se jacta de su fuerza y de su velocidad es finalmente retado por el astuto sapo. Mientras todos los maravillosos animales de la selva, el jaguar, el tapir, el armadillo y el tucán, se reúnen para ver la carrera, el sapo idea un plan. Puede que él no sea tan grande como Venado, pero si es muy inteligente y también tiene muchos amigos que lo pueden ayudar. Al final, Sapo vence al venado, probando que la inteligencia vale más que la fuerza.

Esta versión de la historia fue transmitida por Don Torcuato Tesucun, un maya-itzaj que trabajo en las excavaciones de las ruinas de Tikal.

La magnífica y esplendida colaboración entre Pat Mora y Domi ejemplifica perfectamente el valor de las retranscripciones de los artistas de las historias de sus propias culturas.

Product details

Authors Domi, Pat Mora, Mora Pat
Assisted by Domi (Illustration)
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 2
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 10.03.2005
 
EAN 9780888996503
ISBN 978-0-88899-650-3
No. of pages 32
Weight 155 g
Illustrations Color illustrations throughout
Subjects Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs

JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Jungle Animals, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General

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