Böcker i Stories from Latin America-serien

"When a children's orchestra in Cateura, Paraguay, grows to have more students than instruments, music teacher Favio Châavez works with a brilliant local carpenter to create instruments out of garbage from the local landfill"--

"As a young boy walks nine kilometers to school, he travels through the mountain and rain forest landscapes of southern Chile"--

In mirroring stories set in Russia and Chile, Vera and Lucas long for a friend to share their separate, but surprisingly similar, adventures.

"A young teacher eager to change her students' lives with her books. An indigenous community with its own stories to share. And a great and dangerous serpent not to be underestimated. Set along the Amazon River, this stunningly illustrated story will spark lasting conversations about cross-cultural relationships, the importance of oral storytelling, and what it means to be a lifelong learner."--Page [4] of cover.