He had done a good job taking care of his boy, Andy, but now that Andy’s parents are divorced, a dog named Baxter has moved into Andy’s dad’s house. 6-8)Įpistolary dispatches from the eternal canine/feline feud. Children will come back to this less for the story or the glimpses of Mazatecan life than for the vivid visuals. They sit beneath the huge pachota tree, where her “bellybutton” was buried so that “if ever I were to go far away, I would come back.” Then she drifts into sleep. Defined in spots, bands, and splashes of bright acrylics in multiple layers that melt into each other, the houses, trees, and river seem to shimmer in tones of orange, purple, green, and deep blue on successive spreads, as Napí listens to her grandfather’s tales. ”-describes how the day’s color changes make her feel, sees herons lighting in the trees at nightfall, and dreams of being a heron herself, flying “safe and happy” over her river and village. In terse, wooden prose, a child introduces herself and her family-“We are Mazateca Indians. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Outdoing even her work in Subcomandante Marcos’s Story of Colors (2003) for symphonic plays of hue, Domi illustrates another fellow Zapatista’s text with dazzling, stylized Oaxacan figures and scenes. No redistribution permitted.Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.
Rhonda Jeffers, Children's Services Librarian, Coweta Public Library System, Newnan, GA (c) Copyright 2010. The clear text, authentic artwork, and realistic story line make for a fine addition to Spanish-language collections. Domi's large mural-like, earthy watercolor paintings are closely intertwined with the words and reflect the Spanish-English bilingual text and fine details.
She encounters exotic jaguars as spring sets in, witnesses villagers setting fires to clear the land, and then grows up fast as her dad almost perishes in a fire as he goes to collect the harvest. As the people are uprooted, they take to the water to try to find a new place to settle, and this proves to be an eye-opening experience for the girl. In this installment based on a true story, Napí tells how she and her family are forced from their village because the government decides to build a dam. Grade 1- 3 Ramírez returns to the world of the young Mazateca girl introduced in Napí (2004) and Napí va a la montaña (2006, both Groundwood).
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