Los Cazadores Invisibles: The Invisible Hunters (Bilingual English/Spanish)

by Harriet Rohmer (Author) Joe Sam (Illustrator)

A magical tale portraying the crucial first moments of contact between an indigenous culture and the outside word.

Late one Saturday afternoon, three brothers leave their village to hunt wari, the wild pig their people depend on for food. While hunting they discover a magical vine that can make them invisible-but they will only enjoy this power if they promise never to sell the meat they hunt, and never to hunt with guns, only with sticks. All is well until European traders arrive to buy the precious wari meat-and the brothers forget the promises they made so long ago.

This is a Miskito version of the classic folk theme of how the very thing that gives you power can turn against you if not respected and used properly.The Invisible Hunters is about caring for our environment and our community, and about not losing sight of what is important.


Un cuento mágico que retrata los cruciales primeros momentos de contacto entre una cultura indígena y el mundo exterior.

Un sábado por la tarde, tres hermanos salen de su pueblo para cazar wari, el cerdo salvaje del que depende su gente para comer. Mientras cazan, descubren una enredadera mágica que puede hacerlos invisibles, pero solo disfrutarán de este poder si prometen nunca vender la carne que cazan, y nunca cazar con armas, solo con palos. Todo va bien hasta que llegan comerciantes europeos para comprar la preciada carne wari, y los hermanos olvidan las promesas que hicieron hace tanto tiempo.

Esta es una versión miskita del tema folclórico clásico de cómo lo que te da poder puede volverse en tu contra si no lo respetas y lo usas adecuadamente. The Invisible Hunters se trata de cuidar nuestro medio ambiente y nuestra comunidad, y de no perder de vista lo que es importante.

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Harriet Rohmer
Harriet Rohmer was the founder of Children's Book Press. She is the author and editor of many award-winning children's books, including Just Like Me, Uncle Nacho's Hat, and Honoring Our Ancestors. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To find out more about Harriet, visit her online at harrietrohmer.com. Joe Sam is a published illustrator of children's books.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780892391097
Lexile Measure
620
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Children's Book Press (CA)
Publication date
June 19, 1997
Series
Stories from Central America =
BISAC categories
JUV012020 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Country & Ethnic - General
Library of Congress categories
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Indians of Central America
Nicaragua
Mosquito Indians

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