Stories from Latin America/Historias de Latinoamérica

Genevieve Barlow. Passport Books, 1995.

Library had two versions - one in which the English versions were printed in one half and the Spanish versions on the other half, and another version which contained the English on the left-hand page and the Spanish on the right.

Either way, this book is a good overview of some stories - has a Juan Bobo adventure in it, which I'm starting to like - someone should probably cllect a compendium of Juan Bobo stories someday. Maybe a future project.

Another story "Margarita's Slip" - have read this (or a version of this) somewhere before - can't remember and need to find out - basically girl in love with boy and father finally consents to the marriage but the father of the boy she marries basically tells her father that one of the conditions is that he can't give her any present at all after the wedding, no money no nothin' - so the father gets around this by giving her a wedding dress that's made of pure diamonds for the studs and pure gold for the lace. Interesting double play on the English word "slip," mind you!

Again, need to find other story - compare and contrast, y' know

but for now . . .

VG