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The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico

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I have read this story to second and third graders and the story keeps them entertained and interested. They have fun predicting what will happen next. The illustrations are true works of art. It can be used to introduce Puerto Rico and also to show that there were native people living in all areas of the "new world" before Europeans arrived. It can be a little tricky discussing a creation myth in a public school setting but the positives outweigh the negatives with this story.

This book is beautifully illustrated by Enrique O. Sanchez. Full-page paintings on every page make the myth come alive. His dazzling imagination and sense of design and warm colors make the tale both cosmic and human at the same time. Savor every page.

no matter where you're from you and your children can appreciate this book. easy reading and great story. whether Puerto Rican or not... its a culturally timeless myth and story.

I am going to tell you what happened, what the book was about and my opinion of the book. Well now that I've told you what I am going to write about, I will tell about the people in the story. The people in the story were very curious and they were really into working together, and I personally thought that were good people.
Now remember that this is a fairy tale, so some of the stuff will be unbelievable. It all started by talking about what it was like in the beginning of the world. Then it started talking about some people who lived on that very dry land and upon that land was a very big mountain or hill. Now there was this little boy who was out one day and found some seeds and planted them on the hill/mountain and days later a big forest started to grow. The boy then noticed and found a round shiny orange ball, he went up to see what it was. Now when I looked at it, I thought it was a pumpkin but I was wrong. Somewhat close to the end of the story 2 men came up top steal the ball and when they got both up there they started fighting over it and it busted. And surprise the ocean came out of it. There were whales, dolphins, crabs, sunfish and many more, and then they lived happily ever after.
I think the book was mostly about just being able to read a funny and exciting book. About how our world was supposedly made and the people who soon adapted to the situation and learned how to fish.
My opinion of this book would be probably ok. I would definitely not recommend this book to fast readers or kindergarten or first graders. But I would recommend this book to someone who has a lot of imagination.
Well that's all for my book report. If you would like to read this book, it is called the Golden Flower, by Nina Jaffee. I thank you for listening.