A profound, nuanced, engaging meditation on the relationship between religious institutional life and colonial aesthetics. Cruzados... succeeds in positing new categories for a rethinking of baroque culture, in particular with respect to the relationship between the body, materiality and subalternity. A foundational work in the field of Latin American cultural studies.

Sometimes we judge the things for the appereance and we don't give the chance to that thing (or person) to show themselves the way they really are and we can lose the opportunity of having something great (material or not) and sometimes we dislike somebody that after some time might become our next best friend forever! This venezuelan story teach us the value of a person not by the way they look but by the way they feel and think. This is a great kid's book, as many other venezuelan stories that should be translated to different languages because of the beautiful things they teach us. If you understand Spanish, even a little bit, you will be able to follow the story and anyway, it is a great way of learning spanish because the vocabulary is easy and it has few words per page.

Bellisimo cuento que nos ensenia a no juzgar a las personas o las cosas por su apariencia, siempre debemos de dar el chance a que esas cosas o personas se muestren como realmente son. Es una leyenda venezolana lindisima, como muchas otras leyendas venezolanas que deberian ser traducidas a distintos idiomas por la belleza de los temas y por el valor de lo que ensenian.

Given that the title and other review is in English and in Spanish, I thought this was a bilingual book. It is only in Spanish. I think the story is o.k., but my son is not quite 3, and he thinks the book is boring. It has some difficult words, so I think the correct age level should be elementary school. I think it's a little expensive for what it is. Ediciones Ekare has other books that we enjoy more.

First Spanish then English.

Toda leyenda tiene aspectos verdaderos, falsos, comicos, tristes, pero en general, es delicioso saberlas. Este cuento es la historia de un animal llamdo "rabipelado", el cual es muy comun en Venezuela, pais en el cual se desarrolla este cuento. Es educativo porque le ensenia a los ninios los distintos animales que viven en el mismo ecosistema en el que vive el rabipelado y tambien hace enfasis en la "inteligencia" de los animales. El cuento quiza es un poco repetitivo, pero por otra parte, de esa manera queda bien clara la actitud e intenciones del rabipelado.

This kid's book is about a Venezuelan legend, and as all the legends it has some aspects that are true, others are false, others funny but it is also very educational. The kids will learn different kind of animals and vegetation proper of Venezuela and proper of the ecosystem in which the "rabipelado" lives. It is a little bit repetitive though but on the other hand, this allow us to understand the real intentions of the "rabipelado". It is great for kids learning Spanish because there are few words per page, nice drawings and simple vocabulary.

How dare people not say this is the best book in the world. It is true that I am young, 16 years of age, and know little about the world. But if you ask me, this is one of the best books of my childhood. The story was enlightening to a little kid, but more importantly the pictures are great. The Rabibelado holding on to the borders of the page. The ilustrations are gorgeous. Lets just say that today 7 years after the last time I read the book, I still remember it clearly. Buy this book, I give you my word that your kids will nto be disapointed by it nor will you.