• Binding Hardcover
  • 36 pages
  • Type Picture Book

14 Vacas para América

14 Vacas para América

  • Ages 7–10
  • Grades 2–4
  • Fiction or nonfiction Non-Fiction
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14 Vacas para América

Nueve meses después de los ataques del 11 de septiembre, un diplomático estadounidense se encuentra en una aldea remota del oeste de Kenia, rodeado por cientos de personas masái. Se han reunido para ofrecer un regalo inesperado y extraordinario a un pueblo estadounidense en duelo: catorce vacas, lo más valioso que poseen los masái. Basado en la historia real narrada por Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah e ilustrado con las bellísimas pinturas de Thomas Gonzalez, este éxito de ventas del New York Times, escrito por Carmen Agra Deedy, celebra la generosidad y la amistad que cruzan fronteras y culturas.

English

Fourteen Cows for America

Nine months after the September 11 attacks, an American diplomat stands in a remote village in western Kenya, surrounded by hundreds of Maasai people. They have gathered to present an unexpected and extraordinary gift to the grieving American nation: fourteen cows, the most precious thing the Maasai possess. Based on the true story shared by Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated with stunning paintings by Thomas Gonzalez, this New York Times bestseller by master storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy is an elegant tribute to compassion and generosity that crosses borders, nations, and cultures.

Details and credits

Author & illustrator Spanish book type and author
Spanish book type
Transadapted
Author
Carmen Agra Deedy / Thomas Gonzalez / Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
Book details Type, binding, genre, fiction or nonfiction and more
Type
Picture Book
Binding
Hardcover
Genre
Informative
Fiction or nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Subject
Social Studies: Geography/History/Economics/Civics
Pages
36
Dimensions
11.95 x 10.25 x .36 (Inches)
Reader fit Ages and grades
Ages
7, 8, 9, 10
Grades
Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
Publication details ISBN, publisher and copyright
ISBN
9781561455508
Publisher
Holiday House
Copyright
2008