Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll
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See moreFollow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.
Print and digital publicity targeting Publishers Weekly, The Children’s Book Review, The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Kids’ Book Buzz, The Guardian, The Picture Book Review, Foreword Reviews Creative promotion including recordings of text in Spanish, Nahuatl, and English Original kid-focused merch Giveaway on Good Reads Review copies will be sent targeting all major children’s print and digital literary media outlets, and reviewers; additional copies available upon request Targeted review copy mailing to booksellers, librarians, and teachers Promotion at Texas Book Festival, Brooklyn Book Festival, Winter Institute, Children’s Institute, and ALA
Follow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.
Uncle Rabbit has been gazing longingly at a garden across the river where his favorite foods are planted. Finally, he tricks Old Man Crocodile into giving him a ride to the other side of the river, only to find that he has bitten off more than he can chew!
Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll beautifully recounts a Nahuatl version of Brer Rabbit, one of the most widespread tales of both the Old and New Worlds, in three languages. Told by master storyteller Silvestre Pantalen and illustrated on amate bark paper by Inocencio Jimenez, a selftaught artist from the same village in Guerrero, Mexico, this book tells the story of trickster Uncle Rabbit as he cleverly makes fools out of his eternal adversaries: Old Man Crocodile and Uncle Coyote.
Presented here in Nahuatl alongside English and Spanish translations of the story, Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll shares a beloved tale with intercultural meaning alongside unique, detailed bark paintings and a Nahuatl-English glossary.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781646053438
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 20 June 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing
Edition: Multilingual edition
Illustration: 10 color illustrations
Contributors:
- Edited by Jonathan D. Amith
- Narrator Silvestre Pantalen Esteva
- Illustrated by Inocencio Jimnez Chino
- Illustrated by Inocencio Jimenez Chino
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 279.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 40
About the Author
Jonathan D. Amith is an independent scholar dedicated to the documentation of endangered languages in Mexico. He recorded, transcribed, and translated this edition of Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll.
Silvestre Pantalen Esteva, recently deceased, was from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Augustn Oapan, state of Guerrero, Mexico. Uncle Rabbit is one of dozens of stories he recorded for Jonathan Amith.
Inocencio Jimenez Chino is a self-taught artist also from San Agustn Oapan. He illustrated Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll over the course of eighteen months. He is represented by Catalyst Contemporary Gallery in Baltimore.
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