Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll - English/Espaol/Nahuatl Edition

Follow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.

About the author

Jonathan D. Amith is an independent scholar dedicated to the documentation of endangered languages in Mexico. He recorded, transcribed, and translated this edition of Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll.

Silvestre Pantaleón Esteva, recently deceased, was from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Augustín Oapan, state of Guerrero, Mexico. Uncle Rabbit is one of dozens of stories he recorded for Jonathan Amith.

Inocencio Jiménez Chino is a self-taught artist also from San Agustín Oapan. He illustrated Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll over the course of eighteen months. He is represented by Catalyst Contemporary Gallery in Baltimore.

Summary

Follow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.

Product details

• Assisted by: Inocencio Jiménez (Illustration), Inocencio Jimenez Chino (Illustration), Inocencio Jiménez Chino (Illustration), Inocencio Jimnez Chino (Illustration), Jonathan D. Amith (Editor), Amith Jonathan D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 4
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2024
• EAN: 9781646053438
• ISBN: 978-1-64605-343-8
• No. of pages: 40
• Illustrations: 10 color illustrations
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas; Mexico, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Rabbits, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Mexico, Caribbean islands, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Interest age: from c 4 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Mexico