The Secret Footprints

The Dominican legend of the ciguapas, creatures who lived in underwater caves and whose feet were on backward so that humans couldn't follow their footprints, is reinvented by renowned author Julia Alvarez. Although the ciguapas fear humans, Guapa, a bold and brave ciguapa, can't help but be curious--especially about a boy she sees on the nights when she goes on the land to hunt for food. When she gets too close to his family and is discovered, she learns that some humans are kind. Even though she escapes unharmed and promises never to get too close to a human again, Guapa still sneaks over to the boy's house some evenings, where she finds a warm pastelito in the pocket of his jacket on the clothesline.

Info autore

Julia Alvarez is the award-winning author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies, and íYo!
Fabian Negrin has illustrated Dora's Box and The Selfish Giant for Knopf.

Riassunto

The Dominican legend of the ciguapas, creatures who lived in underwater caves and whose feet were on backward so that humans couldn't follow their footprints, is reinvented by renowned author Julia Alvarez. Although the ciguapas fear humans, Guapa, a bold and brave ciguapa, can't help but be curious--especially about a boy she sees on the nights when she goes on the land to hunt for food. When she gets too close to his family and is discovered, she learns that some humans are kind. Even though she escapes unharmed and promises never to get too close to a human again, Guapa still sneaks over to the boy's house some evenings, where she finds a warm pastelito in the pocket of his jacket on the clothesline.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Julia Alvarez, Alvarez Julia, Fabian Negrin, Fabin Negrin
• Con la collaborazione di: Fabian Negrin (Illustrazione), Fabin Negrin (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Random House N.Y.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 3 a 7 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.09.2002
• EAN: 9780440417477
• ISBN: 978-0-440-41747-7
• Pagine: 40
• Dimensioni: 218 mm x 279 mm x 4 mm
• Peso: 187 g
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Letture, fiabe, saghe, rime, canzoni > Fiabe e saghe; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, JUVENILE FICTION / Hispanic & Latino