Los Cazadores Invisibles: Una Leyenda de Los Indios Miskitos de Nicaragua / The Invisible Hunters (Stories from Central America =) [Hardcover]

Octavio Chow (Editor), Morris Vidaure (Editor, Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1987 | Series: Stories from Central America =

This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6 A fascinating bilingual (English-Spanish) retelling of the legend of the Miskito hunters of Nicaragua, this is also the story of the effects on indigenous peoples when strangers from outside cultures come to give advice and change traditional tribal customs. Three hunters discover a magic vine which can make them invisible. The hunters learn from the Dar (the magic vine) that if they promise to hunt only with sticks and never sell the meat, but give it to their people, they can carry pieces of the Dar and become temporarily invisible. When they no longer hold the Dar, they are visible again. This works well until two strangers arrive with gifts and want to buy the meat. The three hunters are influenced by the strangers and in time their people do not have sufficient food. One day they become invisible and cannot become visible again, having broken their promise to the Dar. Some of the Miskito people say the invisible hunters still wander by the river, calling ``Dar, Dar, Dar.'' Striking primitive illustrations in deep contrasting colors and collage dramatize the changes in the hunters. This is one of very few books for children on the folklore of this Native American tribe of Central America. Louise Yarian Zwick, Houston Public Library
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA); English and Spanish edition (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089239031X
• ISBN-13: 978-0892390311
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,766,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars love it, November 5, 2006

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This review is from: The Invisible Hunters/Los cazadores invisibles (Stories from Central America =) (Paperback)

my niece loves it. whether you're from nicaragua or not this is a great book and timeless story

4.0 out of 5 stars The Invisible Hunters/Los cazadores invisibles, April 21, 2009

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This review is from: The Invisible Hunters/Los cazadores invisibles (Stories from Central America =) (Paperback)

My wife is from Nicaragua and we are always thrilled when we come across children's books from there. Our four year old really likes the book. It's a nice story w/ a good moral and lesson.