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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArte Publico Press
ISBN-101558855122
ISBN-139781558855120
eBay Product ID (ePID)63862625
Product Key Features
Original LanguageSpanish
Book TitleBrujas, Lechuzas Y Espantos/Witches, Owls and Spooks
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEng,Spa
Publication Year2008
TopicParanormal, Occult & Supernatural, People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino, Horror, General, Animals / Birds
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorAlonso M. Perales
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight4.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2007-047398
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisIn this bilingual collection of five stories, Don Cecilio tells the neighborhood children stories that make their hair stand on end. In my barrio they told the story . . . and so his cuento would begin. In The Owl and the Bundle, young Tomas disappears without a trace. Distraught, his parents and siblings look for him everywhere with no luck. Upon returning home, his father sees something curious, an owl flying above the house carrying a bundle with its talons. Is it possible, he wonders, that the bundle is Little Tomas? Could the owl have taken their precious son? Based on oral tradition, these stories featuring witches, owls, and other spooky creatures have been told in Spanish-speaking barrios for generations. Now, this new edition with a first-ever English translation provided by John Pluecker will entertain and terrify a new generation of English-and Spanish-speaking children with the supernatural tales of the Hispanic community. Originally published in Spanish in 1972 as La Lechuza: Cuentos de mi barrio (The Naylor Company), Brujas, lechuzas y espantos/Witches, Owls and Spooks will fascinate children interested in scary stories and at the same time provide a window into a different time and place, when people lived a more rural life and winged shadows flitted across a darkened countryside.