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BILINGUAL SERIES EXPLORES NATURE and CULTURE
Fishscale Girl (La Chiquita Escamosa) stories are bilingual picture books for children ages two and older that tell of the adventures of a small doll and her jungle friends. Fishscale Girl’s body is a two-inch scale from an Amazon fish; her heart is as big as the great river itself. Her adventures span continents!
The stories are told through 8 x 10 photographs and text in English and Spanish. Read what others have to say about this series.
FISHSCALE GIRL, #1 in the series — Order now
Her body is a scale from an Amazon fish.
Her heart is as big as the river itself.
Book #1 in the series, Fishscale Girl, tells of how the doll came to be and of her travels from her home in the Yagua community of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. During her travels she learns that some things are the same, some things are different, and at times she feels sad and misses her friends. Her story is illustrated by colorful photographs that emphasize her personhood. (ISBN: 978-0-9832818-3-2)
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Book characters — Your jungle friends
Fishscale Girl™ (La Chiquita Escamosa™) is a native of the rainforest in the Amazon and Napo Rivers region of Peru. Her body is a scale from an Amazon fish, the South American lungfish. She carries the heart and memory of the river and its people with her wherever she goes. Read about her adventures in the Fishscale Girl book series and her blog.
Cochiy, parrot of the Amazon River rainforest, is a great friend of Fishscale Girl and often accompanies her on her adventures. A scarlet macaw (Ara macao), Cochiy’s name is the Yagua word for macaw or parrot.
Tapir, a South American or Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), is another great friend of Fishscale Girl. Tapir was carved by a member of the Yagua community. As a plant-eater, Tapir’s snout is highly useful for finding and grabbing food.
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FISHSCALE GIRL and the DISASTER, #2 in the series — Order now
She and her friends love their jungle home.
Can they save it?
Disaster hits a favorite picnic spot on Monkey Island. Can one small doll and her jungle friends work together to save this part of the rainforest? By combining their knowledge of re-cycling and re-using, worm-composting and soil, plants and seeds, and rivers and creeks — who knows what our jungle friends can accomplish! (ISBN: 978-0-9832818-5-6)
Line art by Robyn L. Smith complements the photographs of a doll-sized world.
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New characters from Book #2
Three dolls join Fishscale Girl — Juanita, Rosita, and Sintia — and bring their knowledge, skills, and love to respond to this disaster. The torso of each doll is an un-dyed fish scale and is hand-made by a young member of the Yagua community in the Amazon and Napo Rivers region of the Peruvian rainforest.
Loro, parrot of the Amazon River rainforest, is a great friend of Cochiy, Sintia, and Tapir and is often found at Sintia’s riverside home. A blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), Loro’s name is the Spanish word for macaw or parrot.
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