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Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del ArcoĆris
by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrator: Elisa Chavarri
Ages: 6+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Children's Book Press/Lee & Low
ISBN: 978-0-89239-374-9
Keywords: Guatemala, Read Aloud, Weaving, Folk art, Bilingual
Ixchel yearns to follow the tradition of her ancestors but thread is scarce until she repurposes something littering her village. Mixed-media illustrations.