Helen Pugh
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"I would recommend it to young readers and anyone else that wants to read tales about Incas. Children also get to find out what their Inca name is and this absolutely fascinated my children!" Join the goddess Pachamama and the rainbow Cuychi on an epic journey through Inca-tastic history! You'll get to meet gods, goddesses, a magician, queens, kings, princes, princesses, kidnappers, warriors, conquerors, treasure hunters, explorers, heroes and 2 volcanoes...
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"Two hundred years after the last Inca ruler (Tupac Amaru) died, a rebellion began to bubble away in Peru"...
Micaela Bastidas Puyucawa and her husband, known as Tupac Amaru II, led a huge uprising against the Spanish.
Who was Micaela exactly? What was she like? How did the movement end? And what legacy did the couple leave behind?
All this and more in 'Andean Storm'.
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Two kids find themselves trapped on a mountain when a flood suddenly covers their village. All alone with no food, they cry themselves to sleep every night until feasts begin to magically appear each evening. Who are the mysterious helpers who provide all this food? Read on to discover the secret in this super cute tale, adapted from an Indigenous legend.Taken from Jungle-Tastic Tales (out autumn 2022), an adventure through thousands of years of Amazonian...
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Hey, kids! For the first time ever, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales are coming together in one epic book! // Jungle-tastic Tales is a collection of 13 short stories plus 3 chapters on archaeology that take the reader through thousands of years of Amazonian history, from the Ice Age to the present age. Aimed at ages 8 and over, a legendary snake will guide you through with wit and cheek. It has a wide variety of themes, such as history, culture,...
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¿Quién era Pachamama para los incas? ¿Sigue siendo relevante hoy en día? Aquí encontrará información, hechos sorprendentes e historias sobre Pachamama, la madre naturaleza. Junto con Pachamama, aparecen en el libro las igualmente intrigantes diosas llamadas Killa, Saramama, Mama Cocha, Cocamama y varias otras.
Este libro es para personas que sienten curiosidad por la historia de Perú, Ecuador, Chile o Bolivia, y que quieren echar un vistazo...
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La autora de Cuentos incatásticos les trae una nueva colección de cuentos: Cuentos selvatásticos. ¿Eres lo bastante valiente para acompañar a Yacumama, la serpiente más grande y poderosa de la Amazonía, en un viaje único en la vida? ¿Lo eres? ¡Fantástico! Pues coge tu cámara, mosquitera e impermeable, ¡y VÁMONOS!Vas a viajar a través de miles de años de historia y cultura (¡información que pocos adultos conocen!). Por ejemplo, ¿sabías...
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Dos niños se encuentran atrapados en una montaña cuando una inundación cubre su pueblo. Solos y sin comida, lloran hasta quedarse dormidos cada noche, hasta que empiezan a aparecer festines de la nada.¿Quiénes son los misteriosos ayudantes que proporcionan toda esta comida? Descubre el secreto en este cuento superbonito, adaptado de una leyenda indígena de la región amazónica ecuatoriana.Un capítulo de Cuentas selvatásticos (a la venta a...
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Por primera vez, Cuentos selvatásticos y Cuentos incatásticos se unen en un libro épico // Cuentos selvatásticos es una colección de 13 relatos cortos y 3 capítulos de arqueología que llevan al lector a través de miles de años de historia amazónica, desde la Edad de Hielo hasta nuestros días. Creado pensando en los niños a partir de 8 años, una serpiente legendaria les guía con humor y diversión. Tiene una gran variedad de temas, como...
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Dive into a world of bold pre-Columbian women and goddesses! The book is my humble contribution to "herstory"-the history of women, the history of our foremothers, the women who made history yet were edited out of traditional textbooks. This is Inca history with the women edited back in, a book for anyone who is curious about historical women and ready to explore the world of powerful goddesses and strong Inca women, who lived before and during the...
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From the author of Inca-tastic Tales comes: Jungle-tastic Tales! Join Yacumama, the Amazon's most powerful snake to travel through 1000s of years of history & culture (a lot of which not many grown-ups know about!). We'll start with the Ice Age and go right the way through to modern times. Oh, and Yacumama promises not to bite you! She'll be on her best behaviour. LessFrom the author of Inca-tastic Tales comes a new collection of short stories: Jungle-tastic...
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Unsung Women in Somerset is a book of real-life women who lived, loved, worked and struggled in Somerset. From pre-Roman to modern times, we meet women with courage, kindness, innovation and even some who smashed the rules!Through 23 chapters, we meet most women through a short story, followed by historical notes about the woman and a chapter bibliography that shows the meticulous research that has gone into the book. Most chapters also include a...