FROM THE PUBLISHER

The latest addition to Black Dog & Leventhal's successful "illustrated read-aloud" series, An Illustrated Treasury of Latino Read-Aloud Stories is a complete collection of time-honored tales from the Latino storytelling tradition. Included are 40 classic myths, legends, fables, and fairy tales, as well as riddles, history, biographies, and modern-day stories.

FROM THE CRITICS

School Library Journal

Gr 2-6-Large and lush, this generously illustrated bilingual collection contains a wide variety of literary forms. Divided into sections containing 2 to 15 offerings, the volume presents Pre-Columbian myths and legends, fables and riddles, fairly tales and stories, history, and recent Spanish-American stories. The tales, some familiar (e.g., Juan Bobo) and some more obscure, are generally competently told and read aloud well. The one exception is the history section in which articles on the Ta'nos, Aztecs, Maya, and Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada simply drone along. Also, there are some odd editorial lapses. The Spanish version of Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me Ultima" is cut short by a page, and the English version is marred by textual errors. This aside, the Spanish translations are good and the well-placed, full-color illustrations, by six different artists, display a wide variety of styles and mediums. Less appealing in terms of story than Joe Hayes's The Day It Snowed Tortillas/El d'a que nevaron tortillas (Cinco Puntos, 2003), this book does offer a wider range of Latin-American narrative. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.