African Sleeping Beauty: LA Bella Durmiente Africana
by Kate Gale
Book Description
This bilingual children’s book is a re-telling of the ancient fable of female death and resurrection. However, instead of a resurrection of a young girl by a young man so that she can be his wife, a young woman revives herself to be her own person. Set in Africa and presented here in English and Spanish, the story of Sleeping Beauty takes on new resonance for young readers who have grown up in a multicultural world where gender relations have changed and a mixing of cultures is the norm. Young readers will delight in this traditional story recast in new fabric and with the players in new roles.
Keywords: African Sleeping Beauty: LA Bella Durmiente Africana, Books, Kate Gale, Rachael X. Hobreigh, Children: Grades 2-3, Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country/Ethnic-General, Juvenile Fiction
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