El Cucuy… and other Spooky Legends from Latin American Folklore
$19.00
by Naibe Reynoso
illustrated by Claudia Navarro
El Cucuy …and other Spooky Legends from Latin American Folklore, is a bilingual book that retells classic childhood folktales. The stories are told in rhyming verse in both English and Spanish. The book includes legends from various countries across Latin America, including El Cipitio from El Salvador, El Silbon from Venezuela, La Patasola from Colombia, and others such as La Llorona, La Siguanaba, La Mano Peluda, and los Aluxes. These tales connect us to our ancestors, as many Latin American communities would bond through the collective sharing of these spooky folktales that were passed on from generation to generation. These fables are an important part of Latino cultural heritage. The legends contained here are a more gentle adaptation of the original legends, to make them more palatable for all audiences.
Hardcover | 32 pages | Con Todo Press | 2022
Naibe Reynoso is a Mexican-American multiple-Emmy award-winning journalist with over two decades of career experience. She is also a board member for the prestigious Peabody Awards. Her work as a freelance reporter has been seen on CNN Espanol, France 24, Reelz Channel, Univision, Telemundo/KWHY, and Fox News Latino to name a few. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in Sociology, and a double concentration in Psychology and Chicano Studies.
According to 2018 statistics from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), only 10% of characters represented in children’s picture books were African American, 7% Asian, 5% Latinx, and 1% American Indian. Con Todo Press was created in 2018 to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities. They publish books that reflect a more balanced representation of women, Latinos, and people of color. Their titles have main characters of color and contain culturally relevant subject matter written by Latinx authors.
We LOVE their mission to produce books told from an authentic and relatable perspective that bridge the gap between communities of color and media.
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