Etiqueta: Elisa Amado

Presents illustrations of the twenty symbols for the days of the month from the Aztec calendar, with their names in English, Nahuatl–the Aztec language–and Spanish, along with information on the sculptured calendar known as the Sun Stone.

In a poetic tale, a boy crashes his bicycle into the sky and breaks off a few pieces, which he takes to school with surprising results, before his classmates repair the breach.

Every year on November 2, the Day of the Dead, the villagers of Santiago Sacatepequez in Guatemala fly some of the biggest kites in the world in memory of their deceased loved ones. Brilliantly colored and often spanning 23 feet, the kites fill the sky over the cemetery. This is the story of Juan, who […]

Margarita vive en una casa grande y senorial rodeada por una cerca. Cuando se trepa a su arbol preferido, puede ver desde lo alto su jardin hermoso y seguro. Tambien puede ver los pequenos ranchos al lado, donde su amiga Rosario vive con su familia. Un dia, despues de haber dejado despreocupadamente su triciclo junto […]