Anna Maria's Dreams

Luis Alejandro Sanchez, Joy D. Baklanoff

Description

Anna Maria’s Dream is an adventure story of an eight-year old girl during the time of her Mayan village’s patronal fiesta. Told in a culturally sensitive manner, this story is rich in the sights, sounds and smells encountered throughout this lively occasion. During the celebration, Anna Maria dreams nightly about local animals and their relationship to their environment and to her. In the end, she discovers the meaning of the dreams and her life is forever changed for the better.
The book features magnificent illustrations as envisioned through the eyes of a local Yucaten, award-winning artist.
The reading level is for grades three, four and five.

Sujets

• Jeunesse Aventure
• Action
• Adventure
• Juvenilee Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 24 novembre 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669852322
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Copyright © 2022 by Joy D. Baklanoff. 563313
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Xlibris
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ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4363-7270-1
Hardcover 978-1-4363-9508-3
EBook 978-1-6698-5232-2
Rev. date: 10/19/2022




To my husband, Eric , for his continuous support and love and for my daughter, Ana-Maria, for her inspiration and love.





Chapter 1
It is almost time. Anna Maria hardly can wait as excitement fills the air. Yes, in only five days the patronal fiesta ( grand party) of San Antonio will begin.
For hundreds of years the villagers of Zahcah have honored the feast day of their patron saint, San Antonio. In fact all peoples of Latin America celebrate feast days’ for their local saints. They do so for many reasons such as religion. For others local and personal pride also is important. And of course, everyone wants to have fun!
Anna Maria’s village of Zahcab is in the southeastern part of Yucatan. This Mexican state is home of on one the great Indian civilizations of North America, the Maya. After the Spanish arrived, most villages in Latin America have held a weeklong fiesta for their patron saint. However, for the past few years, because of the lack of money, the fiesta has lasted for only a long
weekend. The party is always a grand one with lots of eating, dancing and making rituals. This year the fiesta will be even more special because to bring in the new millennium (the year 2000), the village of Zahcab will once again hold a weeklong fiesta .
That’s why Anna Maria is so excited. A whole week of fun! And she can stay up late, too. Anna Maria is happy also because her grandfather is to be the host for this year’s patronal fiesta . Even at age eight, she knows what being a sponsor means. As president of the most important local gremio (men’s club) her grandfather has to serve his village as host for the fiesta . This includes opening his home for a grand dance, providing much food and drink and being in charge of all the activities. Why Grandfather Xul is even responsible for good weather. Imagine that!