The Woman Who Outshone the Sun, the Legend of Lucia Zenteno = La Mujer que Brillaba a un Mas que el Sol,

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Annotation: Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment.

Genre: [Foreign languages] [Fairy tales]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #333728

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Children's Book Press

Edition Date: 1991 Release Date: 02/01/14

Illustrator: Olivera, Francisco,

Pages: 30 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-89239-126-X Perma-Bound: 0-605-39864-X

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-89239-126-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-39864-1

Dewey: 398

LCCN: 91016646

Dimensions: 21 x 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Zenteno, Lucia (Legendary character).
Zapotec Indians. Legends.
Zenteno, Lucia (Legendary character).
Zapotec Indians. Legends.
Indians of Mexico. Legends.
Spanish language materials. Bilingual.
Materiales lectura en idioma espanol. Bilingue. slem.
Zenteno, Lucia (Personaje legendario). slem.
Indios zapotecas. Leyendas. slem.

Language: Spanish

Bilingual: Yes

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Wilson's Children's Catalog

Word Count: 890

Reading Level: 4.5

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.5 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 18318 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.5 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q12794

Lexile: AD860L

Guided Reading Level: M

Fountas & Pinnell: M

Bilingual English/Spanish. A legend of Lucia Zenteno, who is part of the oral history of the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico. When Lucia Zenteno walks into a mountain village in central Mexico, some villagers whisper that her long black hair blocks out the sun, and they are afraid. Others say her brilliant hair outshines the sun. Frightened, they banish Lucia from the village and watch in amazement as their precious river follows her, for it loves her and will not leave her. Never had the villagers imagined that their beautiful river would leave them, no matter what they did-and so the whole village sets out to find Lucia and beg for her forgiveness. The legend of Lucia Zenteno is part of the oral history of the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico-a region of Mexico renowned for its rich cultural history with roots that go back many centuries before Columbus. Alejandro Cruz Martinez, the Zapotec poet who wrote down the original version of The Woman Who Outshone the Sun , later gave up his life in his struggle to help win back the water rights of the Zapotec people.

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