November 1, 2019
Gr 5-8-This Spanish-only series focuses on myths, legends, and folklore from five different cultures: Native American, African, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian. With a combination of attention-grabbing visuals and appropriately spaced captions, each book comprehensively explores all aspects of the culture's unique stories and their relationships with history, language, art, science, and the folklore of other civilizations. Imagery accurately represents accompanying subject matter and depicts a variety of art styles: photographs, drawings, diagrams, and maps, interspersed with reproductions of primary sources. Book chapters are consistently organized across the entire series, giving equal attention to all aspects of the culture including religion and spirituality, myths and their relationships with modern belief systems, and the myths' origins in the natural world. VERDICT Any folklore collection will get a refresh thanks to this modern, up-to-date, and high-interest series.
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