The Sun has disappeared and the people of the great Aztec city are worried an afraid. But the determined, persistent Lizard goes out in search of the Sun to bring light back into the world. This Mexican folktale provides young readers with a fun explanation of why lizards love lying in the Sun. The repetitive sentence structure makes this particular version of the folktale ideal for oral storytelling, but the illustrations provide young readers with the architectural, artistic, and fashionabl More...

I loved this Aztec folktale, in Spanish and English, about why lizards like lying in the sun. One day the sun just disappears and all the animal and people are afraid, but the lizard goes searching for it. He finds her and with a little help from the emperor, a woodpecker and the people wakes her up and gets her going again. I love all the details in the book from the architecture to the clothing on the emperor. Very well done interpretation of this story, which apparently started out as a parag More...

I am the lizard. I am always dreaming about the sunshine and wanting to bask in it's warmth. If the sun were sleeping I would be the first one to wake it up. This book was so gorgeous and I also loved the author's notes how she valued the tenacity of the lizard. I could relate. Maybe I was a lizard in a previous life, but I digress. I also admire the woodpecker and his persistence. Great book children will find facinating both for the story and the wondeful illustrations. Bravo!

In this folktale, the sun has disappeared and the lizard sets out to find her. When the sun is finally found, she is too tired to wake up and shine. So, the emporor calls for a great feast of music and dancing, to help wake the sun. So, there is a feast every year to keep the sun awake. The lizards like to sleep in the sun to remember how one of their own brought light back to the world.
This book has beautiful and colorful two page artwork. The format, with one page in English an More...

The artwork was gorgeous, and the side-by-side translation would be great for kids who are or need to be bilingual. Hopefully this is one I can use in storytime at the library.