A retelling in English and Spanish of fifteen traditional tales from a variety of Latin American countries.

Latin America, physical geography -- Latin America, shaped by its history -- Cultures of Latin America -- Mexico and Central America -- The Caribbean -- South America -- Reference section: DK atlas; Glossary of geographic terms; Gazetteer; Glossary.

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

CD-ROM contains: Database of children's books.

Effective teaching of language arts requires commitment to excellence on the part of classroom teachers. The language arts include speaking, listening, reading and writing. Excellence cannot be attained without thorough knowledge of the language arts and understanding of methods that develop language arts abilities in children.