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Beneath the Stone
A Mexican Zapotec Tale
By Wolf, Bernard
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53106-835-9
- Publisher
- New York : Orchard Books, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1994
K-Gr 6 Although the subtitle might imply that this is a folktale, it is in fact a photo essay about a contemporary Zapotec Indian family living in Oaxaca, Mexico. The title refers to their village-Teotitlan del Valle, which means "Beneath the Stone in the Valley," so named by the people who settled there some 3,500 years ago. Wolf focuses on the daily life of six-year-old Leodegario Vicente Golan Ruiz. Vivid full-color photographs capture the boy and his family as th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
