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Nacar, the White Deer: A Story of Old Mexico (Living History Library)

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When I was a kid, our elementary school librarians had a very neat trick: They'd read us a chapter or two of a book, get us interested, and then say, "If you'd like to read the rest, it will be available for you to borrow at the front desk." One book with which they did this was Nacar The White Deer. I did, indeed, borrow it, and I loved it, and borrowed and re-read it again and again. It's a timeless story of a child's adventure, set in a time and place most American children know nothing about. I re-read Nacar again as an adult, and, like all great children's literature, it held up -- after all, a great story is a great story.

Please, introduce your children to Nacar the White Deer.

This is the tale of a young, mute Indian boy named Lalo and his gift with animals. Lalo, an orphaned goatherd in 17th century Mexico, is given charge of a very special creature--a white deer sent from the orient to be a gift to the King of Spain. The deer is named Nacar and he's in bad shape after a perilous journey from the Orient in the hold of a galleon. It's up to Lalo to nurse the deer back to health and shepherd him across Mexico to disembark for Spain.

Nacar the White Deer is a gentle story easily read by kids and young as 10. It's light on the action and the "nuzzling" and "cuddling" might be a little much for your average young boy reader, but it's a good tale nonetheless with a bit of a surprise ending.