Tales from Silver Lands
by Charles J. Finger
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This collection of South American tales includes "A Tale of Three Tails", "El Enano", "Rairu and the Star Maiden", "The Wonderful Mirror", and "The Cat and the Dream Man". Woodcut illustrations accompany the text. Winner of the 1925 Newbery Medal.
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9780385075138,
Hardcover,
Random House Childrens Books,
1924
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9780590424479,
Paperback,
Scholastic Paperbacks,
1989
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Publisher Notes
Nineteen myths and folk stories from Central and South America are illustrated with striking woodcuts.
First Line
Down in Honduras there is a town called Pueblo de Chamelecon which is not much of a town after all. There is only one street in it, and the houses are like big beehives that have been squared up, and the roofs are of straw.
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