Could you live like a Tarahumara?¿Podrías vivir como un tarahumara?

Author: Don Burgess
Artist: Don Burgess and Bob Schalkwijk
Translator: None

Could you live like a Tarahumara? Live in the remote mountains of north-western Mexico? Carry on your life as people have done for centuries? Don Burgess answers 30 questions about the history and culture of the Tarahumara people of Mexico. The black and white photographs of Bob Schalkwijk and Don Burgess illustrate each answer. This bilingual (English and Spanish) nonfiction is suitable for both young readers and travelers to the Sierra Tarahumara.

¿Podrías vivir como un Tarahumara? ¿Vivir en las montañas remotas del noroeste de México? ¿Continuar su vida como su gente ha hecho durante siglos? Don Burgess responde a 30 preguntas centrado en la historia, las costumbres sociales y cultura del pueblo Tarahumara del noroeste de México. Las fotografías de Bob Schalkwijk y de Don Burgess ilustran cada respuesta. Esta no-ficción conversacional, bilingüe (inglés y español) es conveniente para los lectores de la escuela primaria y los viajeros planeando una visita a la Sierra Tarahumara.

Language(s): bilingual, English and Spanish

ISBN number:  
HC ISBN: 9781939604-194 (68 pages 8.5x8.5 in.)
PB ISBN: 9781939604-187 (68 pages; 8x8 in.)

Publication Date:  PB December 2015; HC December 2016
Interest Level:  Ages 9 and up / Grades 4 and up
Key Words: Explore the world, Tarahumara History and Culture, Mexico, Multicultural nonfiction, Native North Americans, Social Life and Customs.


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Originally released in Spanish in Mexico in the 1970s, the book is now available in the US in a bilingual edition.

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