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Dance, Nana, Dance / Baila, Nana, baila

Cuban Folktales Retold in Spanish and English

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Talking yams, a wily sorceress, a famous rascal, and more—find them all in this bilingual collection of Cuban folktales featuring ingenious and magical protagonists.

Ñames que hablan, una hechicera astuta, un granuja famoso y más: encuéntrelos a todos en esta colección bilingüe de cuentos populares Cubanos con protagonistas ingeniosos y mágicos.

In this award-winning anthology, folklorist Joe Hayes shares stories he learned after years of visiting Cuba and listening to local storytellers. Out of these visits came this collection of thirteen delightful folktales that will charm you with their humor, magic, and wisdom.

The book also includes an introduction and afterword to storytellers in which Hayes provides some background of the tales included: the cultures they originated from, cultural meanings of important elements in the stories, and previous collections that included the stories, along with other relevant storytelling and anthropological information.

En esta antología premiada, el folclorista Joe Hayes comparte historias que aprendió después de años de visitar Cuba y escuchar a los narradores locales. De esas visitas surgió esta colección de trece encantadores cuentos populares que te cautivarán con su humor, magia y sabiduría.

El libro también incluye una introducción y un postfacio para los narradores, en las que Hayes repasa algunos antecedentes de los cuentos incluidos: las culturas de las que se originaron, los significados culturales de los elementos importantes de las historias y las colecciones anteriores que incluyeron las historias, junto con más información narrativa y antropológica sobre los cuentos.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 29, 2008
      Grade 4-8-These 13 bilingual folktales introduce readers to Cuban classics, which are, in turn, heavily influenced by Spanish, African, and Caribbean cultures. The entertaining collection presents readers with a variety of colorful characters, such as an old lady who can dance for days, an old devil who leaves hairy footprints as he walks, a boy who can never remember what his mother wants from the store, and the man who "had never done a day's work in his life." Hayes's language is characteristically expressive and descriptive in both languages. Some of the tales have a musical verse or two that will encourage listeners to join in during storytelling sessions. A bold pastel illustration that beautifully celebrates Afro-Cuban culture accompanies each story. The book includes an introduction, table of contents, and on the back pages, helpful notes to readers and storytellers, as well as background information on the stories. In this last part, the author provides connections to stories told by the Grimm brothers and Native Americans, as well as to African and Latin American folktales. A great acquisition for upper elementary and middle school libraries, and an excellent resource for storytellers. Betsy Duarte Shepard, Wakefield Middle School, Tucson, AZ

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  • English
  • Spanish; Castilian

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