The Invisible Hunters / Los Cazadores Invisibles

A Legend from the Miskito Indians from Nicaragua / Una Leyenda de los Indios Miskitos de Nicaragua
By Harriet Rohmer, Joe Sam
Paperback: $9.95

A magical tale portraying the crucial first moments of contact between an indigenous culture and the outside word.

Description

Late one Saturday afternoon, three brothers leave their village to hunt wari, the wild pig their people depend on for food. While hunting they discover a magical vine that can make them invisible-but they will only enjoy this power if they promise never to sell the meat they hunt, and never to hunt with guns, only with sticks. All is well until European traders arrive to buy the precious wari meat-and the brothers forget the promises they made so long ago. This is a Miskito version of the classic folk theme of how the very thing that gives you power can turn against you if not respected and used properly.

The Invisible Hunters is about caring for our environment and our community, and about not losing sight of what is important.

About the Creators

Harriet Rohmer

Harriet Rohmer was the founder of Children’s Book Press. She is the author and editor of many award-winning children's books, including Just Like Me, Uncle Nacho's Hat, and Honoring Our Ancestors. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To find out more about Harriet, visit her online at harrietrohmer.com.

Joe Sam
Joe Sam

Joe Sam is a published illustrator of children's books.

Awards

  • Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • ALSC Notable Children's Books

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • CCBC Choices

    Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391097
  • Price $9.95
  • Publication Date Jun 26, 1997
  • Trim Size 9.5 × 8.5 × 0.15 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 1337
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Legends, Myths, Fables / Caribbean & Latin American
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Social Themes / General
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
  • Themes Animal / Biodiversity / Plant Adaptations, Bilingual, Conflict resolution, Environment / Nature, Fiction, Folktale / Folklore / Traditional Literature, Indigenous / First Nations / Native American, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Responsibility
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades K - 3
  • Guided Reading Q
  • Spanish Guided Reading Q
  • ATOS Book Level 3.6
  • DRA 28
  • Interest Level Grades K - 5
  • Lexile Code NC
  • Lexile Level 620
  • Reading Level 4
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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