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Spanish: La historia del toro Fernando-The Story of Ferdinand the Bull

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Fernando lives with his mother and other bulls in a dehesa in a small Spanish village. Unlike the other bulls who want to be the protagonists at the famous bullfights in Seville, Fernando likes to sit under his favorite cork tree smelling the sweet…

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Spanish: Caperucita roja y el lobo feroz-Little Red Riding Hood and the Bad Big Wolf

This version of Little Red follows Brothers Grimm’s story: both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big, bad wolf, but they are miraculously rescued by a huntsman or a woodcutter who open the wolf’s belly. This ending is more suitable for younger…

Catalan: La Caputxeta Vermella-Little Red Riding Hood

This version of Little Red follows Brothers Grimm’s story: both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big, bad wolf, but they are miraculously rescued by a huntsman or a woodcutter who open the wolf’s belly. This ending is more suitable for younger…

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Spanish: Readings from Popol Vuh [the book of the people]

Popol Vuh [Book of the People] tells the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people, one of the Maya peoples, who inhabit the Guatemalan highlands, the South of Mexico, and areas of Belize.

About the Spanish language in Guatemala: the Guatemalan…

Spanish: Reading from Platero y yo- Platero and I

Platero y yo [Platero and I] is one of the most popular books written by Spanish author Juan Ramón Jiménez (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1956). Platero and I is a beautiful story told by a child about his donkey, Platero. The first chapter describes…

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Spanish: Jack and the Beanstalk

Young Jack lived with his mother and their cow Margarita in an old and dilapidated house. One day Jack’s mother asked him to take the cow to the market to sell it. Instead, he exchanged Margarita for six colorful and magical beans. When he arrived…