Mother Scorpion Country: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua [Spanish]

by Harriet Rohmer and Dorminster Wilson

A brave, young Miskitu Indian follows his wife from the land of the living to the spirit world. Bilingual in English and Spanish. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0892390328
• ISBN13: 9780892390328
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Story of the Miskitos, a Native American Tribe of Nicaragua

The images of this story are mythical in nature. The story is about a young man name Naklili who doesn't want to leave his wife, Kati after she dies. She leads him to the mystical Mother Scorpian land, an afterlife paradise but for only one of the visitors. The greens, browns and oranges bring to life the rainforest homeland of the Miskitos. The only quibble is a slight one: Instead of using Spanish as the 2nd language, why not use the Miskito's own language? I think this would have served a better purpose to trying to keep the authenticity.