Lucha Corpi
Bilingual English/Spanish. In her first book for children, award-winning author Lucha Corpi remembers her childhood growing up in Jï¿½ltipan, Mexico, where the moon hung low and the fireflies flickered in the night air. , In her first book for children, award-winning author Lucha Corpi remembers her childhood growing up in Jï¿½ltipan, Mexico, where the moon hung low and the fireflies flickered in the night air.,In vivid and poetic detail, she recalls exploring with her brother the old haunted house of the legendary revolutionary Juan Sebastiï¿½n, discovering the music that came from the jukebox at the local cantina, and getting caught by their mother for their mischievous adventures.,Most of all, she remembers the ballads her father sang and the stories her grandmother told. In her stories, her grandmother passes on an important message about growing up-each person, like the revolutionary Juan Sebastiï¿½n, has a destiny to follow.
European Literature,Spanish Literature,Childrens
Where Fireflies Dance/Ahi, donde bailan las luciernagas