The First Tortilla

A Bilingual Story

By:

Rudolfo Anaya

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Paperback / softback

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Jade is a young girl who lives in a village next to a towering volcano. On its peak lives a Mountain Spirit who makes his presence known by rumbling the earth, filling the sky with smoke, and pouring lava down the mountainside. Angered by those who forget to honor him for providing their harvest, the Mountain Spirit has stopped sending rain to Jade’s village and the people are faced with the possibility of having to abandon their homes and land. As Jade collects water from the near-dry lake, a blue hummingbird—a messenger from the Mountain Spirit—tells Jade she must take a gift to the Mountain Spirit and ask for rain. Guided by the hummingbird, Jade presents her food offering to the Mountain Spirit. Pleased, the spirit offers the brave girl corn kernels that she takes back to her village and uses to create the first tortilla.

Author Biography:

Rudolfo Anaya, widely acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Chicano literature, is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. He is best known for the classic Bless Me Ultima. Amy Córdova of Taos, New Mexico, is an artist, arts educator, and activist, renowned for her highly contextualised depiction of Latino cultures. She has illustrated over seventeen children's books and has been awarded the prestigious American Library Association Pura Belpré Award twice, in 2008 and 2010.

Release date Australia

April 30th, 2012

Author

Rudolfo Anaya

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Contributors

Illustrated by Amy Cordova
Translated by Enrique R Lamadrid

Illustrations

16 colour illustrations

Interest Age

From 7 to 9 years

Pages

Reading Age

From 9 to 13 years

Dimensions

254x216x8

ISBN-13

9780826342157

Product ID

20371592

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