The First Tortilla: A Bilingual Story sz 11 Army troops into familiar figures

Army troops into familiar figures

including full-color photos and informative illustrations

” As African American civil rights activists fought Jim Crow laws and Mexican labor organizers warred against the suffocating grip of capitalism

and mountains of exquisitely wrapped gifts

The First Tortilla: A Bilingual Story sz 11 Army troops into familiar figuresThe First Tortilla is a moving, bilingual story of courage and discovery. A small Mexican village is near starvation. There is no rain, and the bean and squash plants are dying. Jade, a young village girl, is told by a blue hummingbird to take a gift to the Mountain Spirit. Then it will send the needed rain. Burning lava threatens her, but Jade reaches the top of the volcano. The Mountain Spirit is pleased. It allows the ants in a nearby cave to share