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El Zipitio (Spanish Language Edition) by Jorge Argueta; Gloria Calderón is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is El Zipitio (Spanish Language Edition) about?

<p><p>el Zipitio Is Older Than The Rocks, Even Older Than The River. He Wears A Tall Black Hat And Has A Round Shiny Stomach And Long Pointy Nails. He Hides Down By The River, Only Appearing When He Falls In Love. Rufina Perez Is A Young Nahua Girl Of The Pipil People In Salvador. Her Mother Wants Her To Be Prepared For El Zipitio, In Case He Should Fall In Love With Her. When He Does Appear To Court Rufina, Her Mother Shows Her How To Deal With Him In This Enchanting Tale Based On A Legendary Character From Pipil Folklore.<p></p><h3>kirkus Reviews</h3><p>argueta Offers A Bit Of Folklore From Central America That Isn't Going To Go Over Too Well In This Culture. A Small, Ugly Gnome With Long Nails And Backward Feet, Zipitio Lurks Along The Riverbank, Systematically Falling In Love With Every Local Girl When She Comes Of Age, Pursuing Her With Flowers And Declarations Of Devotion. Oddly Dismissing Him As Just A Harmless Nuisance, Young Rufina's Mother Explains That A Trick Is Required To Divert His Attentions-and So, When At Last It's Rufina's Turn, She Overcomes Her Fear And Sends Him Off With A Basket To Catch An Ocean Wave. Calder-n Creates A Magical Landscape In Which Faces Peer

Author

Jorge Argueta; Gloria Calderón

Publisher

Toronto ; Berkeley, CA: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre ; Berkeley, CA: Distribuido en los Estados Unidos por Publishers Group West

Published

2003

Language

ES

ISBN

9780888995391

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile