The magic bean tree
Subtitle: a legend from Argentina
By: retold by Nancy Van Laan ; paintings by Beatriz Vidal.
Contributors: Vidal, Beatriz, ill.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Quechua Indians -- Folklore.; Legends -- Argentina.; Indians of South America -- Folklore.; Folklore -- Argentina.; Locust trees -- Folklore.
Description: A young Quechuan boy sets out on his own to bring the rains back to his parched homeland and is rewarded by a gift of carob beans that come to be prized across Argentina.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.