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Milagro of the Spanish Bean Pot
Romero-Anderson, Emerita; Pijoan, Randall
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Description for Milagro of the Spanish Bean Pot
When eleven-year-old Raymundo, of Spanish colonial New Mexico, overcomes his fear and asks a Native American woman to teach him to make clay pots, his faith and hard work lead to a miracle that saves both of their villages. Includes a glossary of Spanish terms. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YFB; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
In the 1790s, in a tiny Spanish Colonial village in the Kingdom of New Mexico, pottery is as crucial to starving villagers as the rains that might save their scorched bean fields. But Native potters are sending their wares south to markets in Chihuahua. When his widowed mother’s only bean pot cracks, eleven-year-old Raymundo knows his family's last hope lies with Clay Woman, a Genízaro outcast and quite possibly a powerful witch. In addition to drought and famine, Raymundo faces the return of Comanche raiders and his mother’s failing health as he risks all to learn Clay Woman’s secrets. Even ... Read more
In the 1790s, in a tiny Spanish Colonial village in the Kingdom of New Mexico, pottery is as crucial to starving villagers as the rains that might save their scorched bean fields. But Native potters are sending their wares south to markets in Chihuahua. When his widowed mother’s only bean pot cracks, eleven-year-old Raymundo knows his family's last hope lies with Clay Woman, a Genízaro outcast and quite possibly a powerful witch. In addition to drought and famine, Raymundo faces the return of Comanche raiders and his mother’s failing health as he risks all to learn Clay Woman’s secrets. Even ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896726819
SKU
V9780896726819
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