BOOK DRIVE!

Manuela, an indigenous girl from Guatemala, must work to help her family. I really want to go to school! But a strange feathered counselor has a habit of inviting himself to the girl's nights. It is the Resplendent Highland Quetzal, the sacred bird of its Mayan ancestors: "Follow your path, and you will discover the breath of knowledge." To understand these mysterious words, Manuela must listen to her dreams.

Ac, the best turtle! Recounts the adventures of Ac, a turtle who discovered that his life had a purpose. He decided to be brave, fulfill it and be the best.

Many, but many years ago, in a beautiful country called Guatemala, lived Nicté, a Mayan girl who felt an immense desire to know what was beyond what her eyes saw.

EL COLOR DE LA ALEGRIA, by the Guatemalan author Itala Vettorazzi, tells the story of Vetto, an owl who lives in Chichicastenango and is reputed to be a sage. Read about his adventures in the quest to answer Pancho, a boy who asks, “WHAT COLOR IS JOY?”

This is the Mayan legend of the twin boys, Junajpu and Xbalanque and how they defeatedthe bewildered Vucub Caquix and his two sons. One of them is Zipacná, the creator of mountains and the other is Cabracán, the one who knocks them down.

There are terrors in the towns, and grandmothers whowhip them with myrtle branches.The sky of these towns can be touched with your fingers and the stars are so close that it seems that they are going to fall on your heads. The towns have their church,their marimba and paths that lick the feet of the walkers. Open this book and read about everything that the poet tells us is ... Of pure people!

Many, many, many years ago, when nothing was as it is today, the earth did not have its shape and still smelled new, in a place near here and far from there lived Rudy, a huge dinosaur different from the others.

Ismachi’ -Bigotes "is a bilingual children's book of poems. Each poem will stimulate imagination and reasoning. It is an ideal book to arouse interest in reading.

This is an imaginative and profound novel by Miguel Asturias, the Nobel laureate, Guatemalan poet, author and diplomat. His fantastic plot narrates what happens to the man who had everything everything everything, precisely him, who breathed with two large magnets hidden in his back and who was able to attract all the gold in the world. It is also a philosophical reflectionon wealth, power, death and love.

Pepe Manotas is a spider monkey. Thanks to the help of an old ceiba tree, he discovers what his hands are for and what the purpose of his life is. In doing so, he also discovers that "THE JOY OF LIVING IS SHARING".

This children’s version of ThePopol Vuh, the Mayan creation myth,tells us about the creation and growth of trees and vegetation, which preceded man, and then animals, which were given a special place. Then various elements were tested to find the material to make humans until they were finally made of corn.

The Monarch butterfly enjoyed the garden in freedom, and always remembered what had been entrusted to him. So without fail and every day, after greeting the sun, he flew tirelessly from flower to flower, carrying pollen on his little legs and ensuring the life of the garden.

Yaya Paquita believes that "a shared burden is half a burden" and that is why, for many years, she has dedicated her life to giving her attention and love to those who visit her. One day she feels tired, asks the Heart of Heaven for help ... and what happens next is incredible!

There was a place more beautiful than the most beautiful and the Rio Dulce, an affectionate river that lived embracing the sea. And right there, in the middle of that embrace, was also the happiest and wettest school you can imagine ...