Makiman y el zombi

This impressive pop-up book tells the story of the Virgin of Guadalupe-one of Latin America's most powerful icons. Beautifully narrated, the text is a mixture of Mexican, Native American, and Spanish styles. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Para Olivia es muy difícil escribir una carta a los Reyes Magos. Su abuelo le cuenta lo que él pedía cuando era como ella.

Una pareja inusual, formada por una rata y un indigente, habitan un tiradero apenas esbozado en un rincón de una ciudad cualquiera. Cuando la pequeña rata es acosada por los gatos que viven alrededor del tiradero, el ingenio y el esfuerzo de este par de desposeídos nos dará una sorpresa que hará que los gatos lo piensen dos veces antes de acercarse al tiradero.

She was little and quick and pretty. Her mother nicknamed her Colibri, Spanish for "Hummingbird". At age four she was kidnapped, torn from her parents on a crowded bus in Guatemala City. Since then, she's traveled with "Uncle," the ex-soldier and wandering beggar who has renamed her Rosa. Uncle has always told Rosa that he searched for his parents but had no success. There's almost no chance Rosa will ever find them--but Rosa still remembers and longs for them. When she was young, Uncle consulted fortune-tellers who told him that Rosa would bring him luck--a treasure big enough to last him...