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George Lopez does it again in his next laugh-out-loud ChupaCarter adventure! Jorge and his chupacabra chum Carter are hot on the trail of the legendary El Dorado gold . . . but so are some wicked treasure hunters who will stop at nothing to find it! A cursed Aztec dagger. A five-hundred-year-old...

"Los abuelos tienen mucho para enseñarnos; y cuando se trata de los abuelos mayas (esos a los que llamamos ""nahuales""), aprendemos de ellos el por qué de muchas cosas cotidianas. Por ejemplo, ¿por qué a veces se cierra sola la puerta de casa¿ o ¿por qué sopla tan fuerte el viento? o...

"La historia del planeta es contada por muchas civilizaciones, y los pueblos mayas de Guatemala pusieron especial magia en ello. De la rica tradición oral de los primeros pobladores de Centroamérica, seleccionamos dos historias que explican algunos fenómenos naturales y los convertimos en...

In Muslim storytelling, the wise fool is a popular figure that appears as different people in different stories. In these two funny stories, see if you can tell who the wise fool is and who is not. In one story, a father shows his son how it is impossible to please everyone. In the other, a court jester shows that he is more than just a common fool.

Kanikiya loves to dance! Every day she goes to the river to dance with the brolgas, a type of crane native to Australia. She loves to dance with them so much, she wishes she could be a brolga herself! Her mother doesn’t like that she dances so much, though, and warns her with legends of what happens to girls who don’t work. What would happen if she had to stop?

Granny warns Tukama not be tricked by the duppies—or ghosts—of their Caribbean island.

When Anansi the spider decides to help rescue Brother Tiger, he makes Brother Tiger agree to a simple promise.

A simmering tale of magic, adventure, and the extraordinary bond between a brother and sister who'd journey to the ends of the Earth to save each other. From the acclaimed author of Lotería comes a heartfelt story rooted in Mexican magical realism. A PURA BELPRÉ AUTHOR WINNER A KIRKUS...

Las leyendas nos cuentan la visión del mundo que tienen los diferentes pueblos; en ellas hay expresiones culturales, sociales, jurídicas, religiosas y míticas. En este libro conoceremos 20 leyendas de 18 pueblos latinoamericanos, todas llenas de magia y literatura. El recorrido nos lleva por...