Stories of Mexico's independence days and other bilingual children's fables
By: edited by Eliseo "Cheo" Torres and Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr. ; illustrations by Herman Ramirez.
Contributors: Torres, Eliseo.; Sawyer, Timothy L. 1961-; Ramirez, Herman, ill.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Children's stories, Mexican.; Short stories.; Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.; Mexico -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A collection of six stories reflecting the history or culture of Mexico, presented in both English and Spanish, each of which is followed by questions and activities.
Table of contents: title: The little general : a story about the Fifth of May; title: Sixteen : a story about Mexico's Independence Day; title: Sweetie, the lion that thought he was a sheep; title: A parrot for Christmas; title: Orlando the circus bear; title: A horse called "Miracle".