Viva Zapata

By Emilie Smith and Marguerita Kenefic Tejada

This humorous story is about a fictional incident in the childhood of the Mexican revolutionary hero, Emiliano Zapata. After Emiliano's pony is stolen, he manages to track down the bandits and recover his horse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896580556
• ISBN13: 9781896580555
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Tradewind Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.2" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

A wonderful children's book about a childhood episode in the life of Mexican revolutionary hero Emil

"Viva Zapata" is a wonderful children's book about a childhood episode in the life of Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata. Though he is only ten years old, Emiliano decides to try to rescue his horse, Sombra, who has been stolen with all the other horses of his father by a gang of bandidos. He has to ride old Lucita because she was so old the bandidos did not bother to steal her. His father refuses to take him on the hunt for the bandidos, so Emiliano sets off alone and rides Lucita late into the night up the foothills of the Popocatepetl volcano, when he discovers the bandidos asleep and his beloved Sombra, along with the other horses. A harrowing night's adventure transpires before young Emiliano slips away with Sombra and the horses, but the thought of the hungry bandidos who must steal horses for a living stays in the mind, both of young Emiliano and the reader. Beautiful, dramatic black and white illustrations wrap the story in a fabulous aura. It is a hard world where a life can be decided on whether or not you can make a rough bandido laugh. Emiliano is more than up to the task. "Viva Zapata" is aimed at readers ages 4 to 8.