Whenever Salvadoran people gather to tell stories, someone will have a story about the magic dogs called cadejos.
Whenever Salvadoran people gather to tell stories, someone will have a story about the magic dogs called cadejos. There are many stories about how the cadejos mysteriously appear at night to protect people from danger. MAGIC DOGS OF THE VOLCANOES is Manlio Argueta’s original story about these famous folkloric animals.
Manlio Argueta is one of El Salvador's greatest living authors. In 1977 he received Latin America's most prestigious literary award, the Casa de las Americas Prize for Caperucita en la Zona Roja. He is also the author of One Day of Life (Vintage/Random House: 1983) and Cuzcatlan Where the Southern Sea Beats (Vintage/Random House: 1987). Argueta makes his home in San Jose, Costa Rica and travels frequently throughout the Americas This is his first book for children.
Elly Simmons is an internationally-exhibited painter. Her first picture book for Children's Book Press, Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueto, was highly praised for its rich colors and magnificent imagery. She lives with her family in Lagunitas, California.
In the first children's book to describe the long-forgotten chapter of US history known as Mexican Repatriation, a boy and his family leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government.
En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno.
