PICTURE BOOKS
BH 1-64 Spanish Nursery Rhymes
BH 8-35 Sea-Fever (poem)
BH 8-35 Sea-Fever (poem)
♦ $ The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (1936)
Classic children's tale of the bull who would rather lie peacefully in the grass and sniff flowers than go fight in the bull ring.
Classic children's tale of the bull who would rather lie peacefully in the grass and sniff flowers than go fight in the bull ring.
BEGINNING READERS
♦ Look Out For Pirates! by Iris Vinton
IMAGINATIVE
BH 6-92 The Three Wishes
JC 2-137 Chick, Chick Halfchick
JC 2-143 Tonino and the Fairies
JC 2-143 Tonino and the Fairies
♥ Fairy Tales from Spain by J. Munoz Escamez (1913)
♦ $ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Spain by Virginia Haviland (1963)
A classic collection.
♥ Tales from the Alhambra, selected for use in the schools by Josephine Brower
Adapted from Washington Irving. The enchantment of Alhambra was legendary. Irving was mesmerized by what he learned. Brief introduction to the Moors followed by Tales. You'll visit the Moors again in Month 8 as you study Islam.
► Weiss, Jim Tales from Culture Near and Far--Renaissance Spain
♦ $ Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Spain by Virginia Haviland (1963)
A classic collection.
♥ Tales from the Alhambra, selected for use in the schools by Josephine Brower
Adapted from Washington Irving. The enchantment of Alhambra was legendary. Irving was mesmerized by what he learned. Brief introduction to the Moors followed by Tales. You'll visit the Moors again in Month 8 as you study Islam.
► Weiss, Jim Tales from Culture Near and Far--Renaissance Spain
LEGENDARY/EPIC HEROES
BH 10-108 The Story of the Cid
$ El Cid by Geraldine McCaughrean
This is the first version of El Cid for children, retold in a vivid and poetic style by the award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean. Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar--El Cid--lived a life of high adventure and romance. His exploits will stir the imagination of children everywhere.
♥ The Story of the Cid for Young People by C.D. Wilson
“No hero has ever won a larger place in song and story than he who is called ‘The Cid’, and no history is more entertaining or fuller of incident. This story has never heretofore been put into simple language and form suitable for young readers, and we are sure that this edition will carry the heroic tale into many young minds and hearts.” More suitable for older listeners. You may want to introduce an older elementary age child to this legendary hero of Spain, but I would definitely save this book for a much older student who is interested in learning his story. There is a lot of brutality in the book.
This is the first version of El Cid for children, retold in a vivid and poetic style by the award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean. Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar--El Cid--lived a life of high adventure and romance. His exploits will stir the imagination of children everywhere.
♥ The Story of the Cid for Young People by C.D. Wilson
“No hero has ever won a larger place in song and story than he who is called ‘The Cid’, and no history is more entertaining or fuller of incident. This story has never heretofore been put into simple language and form suitable for young readers, and we are sure that this edition will carry the heroic tale into many young minds and hearts.” More suitable for older listeners. You may want to introduce an older elementary age child to this legendary hero of Spain, but I would definitely save this book for a much older student who is interested in learning his story. There is a lot of brutality in the book.
CULTURAL
FC S1-33 Velasquez
FC S1-99 Murillo
FC OC2 Spanish
FC S1-99 Murillo
FC OC2 Spanish
♦ Carmen: The Story of Bizet's Opera by Georges Bizet
Metropolitan Opera Guild Series
♥ Getting to Know Spain by Dee Day
A simple picturesque description of the different regions of Spain and family life.
♥ Our Little Spanish Cousin by Marilyn Nixon-Roulet
♥ The Little Spanish Dancer by Madeleine Brandeis
$ Where the Flame Trees Bloom by Alma Flor Ada
Noted author Alma Flor Ada offers young readers eleven stories from her own childhood in Cuba - true stories about relatives and friends and the hacienda where she grew up for much of her elementary years. These true stories from Alma Flor Ada's childhood are filled with family love and values. Told through the eyes of a child, a whole world comes to life for the reader: the blind great-grandmother who never went to school but whose wisdom and generosity overflowed to those around her; the hired hand Samoné whose love for music overcame all difficulties; her grandfather Modesto, who placed a higher value on human relationships than on his possessions.
Metropolitan Opera Guild Series
♥ Getting to Know Spain by Dee Day
A simple picturesque description of the different regions of Spain and family life.
♥ Our Little Spanish Cousin by Marilyn Nixon-Roulet
♥ The Little Spanish Dancer by Madeleine Brandeis
$ Where the Flame Trees Bloom by Alma Flor Ada
Noted author Alma Flor Ada offers young readers eleven stories from her own childhood in Cuba - true stories about relatives and friends and the hacienda where she grew up for much of her elementary years. These true stories from Alma Flor Ada's childhood are filled with family love and values. Told through the eyes of a child, a whole world comes to life for the reader: the blind great-grandmother who never went to school but whose wisdom and generosity overflowed to those around her; the hired hand Samoné whose love for music overcame all difficulties; her grandfather Modesto, who placed a higher value on human relationships than on his possessions.
CLASSIC LITERATURE
FC S10-13 Don Quixote for Children
BH 11-90 The Adventures of Don Quixote
JC 10-173 Excerpt from Don Quixote
JC 10-229 Excerpt from Treasure Island
JC 10-229 Excerpt from Treasure Island
$ Don Quixote and Sancho Panchez by Margaret Hodges
Colorfully illustrated episodes from Don Quixote.
♥ Don Quixote by Cervantes
Young people's version translated by Judge Parry, illustrated by Walter Crane.
♥ Don Quixote by Cervantes
James Baldwin version for young people.
♦ $ Don Quixote by Cervantes Translated and adapted for children by Magda Bogin
This is a beautiful illustrated version that will help children fall in love with the lovable, woeful Knight.
♥ Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew by James Baldwin
Exciting adventures for young listeners.
♥ Pirates Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
$ Pirates The Book of Pirates by Michael Hague
Classic pirate stories from such works as Pirates of Penzance, Peter Pan and Treasure Island, selected and illustrated by Michael Hague.
► ♥ Pirates Treasure Island (ill. by Louis Rhead) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic swashbuckling adventure of buccaneers and buried treasure. Home of Long John Silver and 'X marks the spot'.
♥ Pirates Treasure Island (ill. by N.C. Wyeth) by Robert Louis Stevenson
► Pirates Weiss, Jim Treasure Island
Colorfully illustrated episodes from Don Quixote.
♥ Don Quixote by Cervantes
Young people's version translated by Judge Parry, illustrated by Walter Crane.
♥ Don Quixote by Cervantes
James Baldwin version for young people.
♦ $ Don Quixote by Cervantes Translated and adapted for children by Magda Bogin
This is a beautiful illustrated version that will help children fall in love with the lovable, woeful Knight.
♥ Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew by James Baldwin
Exciting adventures for young listeners.
♥ Pirates Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
$ Pirates The Book of Pirates by Michael Hague
Classic pirate stories from such works as Pirates of Penzance, Peter Pan and Treasure Island, selected and illustrated by Michael Hague.
► ♥ Pirates Treasure Island (ill. by Louis Rhead) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic swashbuckling adventure of buccaneers and buried treasure. Home of Long John Silver and 'X marks the spot'.
♥ Pirates Treasure Island (ill. by N.C. Wyeth) by Robert Louis Stevenson
► Pirates Weiss, Jim Treasure Island
FICTION
JC 9-1 Head Winds and a Rough Sea
Kidnapped by pirates!
Kidnapped by pirates!
♥ In Sunny Spain with Pilarica and Rafael by Katharine Lee Bates (1913)
A fictional story of two children in Spain written by the educator who gave us America the Beautiful.
A fictional story of two children in Spain written by the educator who gave us America the Beautiful.
HISTORICAL
FC S9-126 Story of Roger, the English Boy Who Wanted to Sail the Spanish Main
HISTORICAL FICTION
♦ $ Pirate's Promise by Clyde Robert Bulla
12 year old orphaned Tom fights for freedom in a tale of adventure.
♦ Pirates and Privateers by Edith McCall
Frontiers of America Series
12 year old orphaned Tom fights for freedom in a tale of adventure.
♦ Pirates and Privateers by Edith McCall
Frontiers of America Series
BIOGRAPHIES
FC G2-281 Murillo