Frontino Discovers Cristobal |
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| Illustrator:
| Romero, Godofredo |
| Author:
| Romero, Godofredo |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5217-5122-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2017 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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FRONTINO DISCOVERS CRISTOBAL AND WE DISCOVER OURSELVES TROUGH HIM
FRONTINO DISCOVERS CRISTOBAL is a must read for children and parents of all ages, to refresh our memory on important facts of our lives, like where we come from, and who our ancestors were.
This is how FRONTINO DISCOVERS CRISTOBAL begins:On that day Frontino had awaken very early, overtaken by a very strange sensation; all through the night the wildest of dreams had kept him rolling over in his den....
More DescriptionFRONTINO DISCOVERS CRISTOBAL AND WE DISCOVER OURSELVES TROUGH HIM
FRONTINO DISCOVERS CRISTOBAL is a must read for children and parents of all ages, to refresh our memory on important facts of our lives, like where we come from, and who our ancestors were.This is how FRONTINO DISCOVERS CRISTOBAL begins:On that day Frontino had awaken very early, overtaken by a very strange sensation; all through the night the wildest of dreams had kept him rolling over in his den. In the dream he stood atop the mountain, and watched, as he usually did, at the horizon and let his mind wander as to what lies far beyond that line where the water merges into the sky, when something out from the sea cast flashes that arose his curiosity.The story goes on and narrates the discovery of the new world, the encounter of two cultures, and the birth of new nations. The main characters of the story are Frontino, the bear, and Cristobal, the admiral of the seas, the man who challenged all the obsolete theories of the shape of the earth. The cast of characters include -on Frontino's side-the wise owl, the sea-star, the sea-gull, the shell fish, the crab and a plethora of colorful individuals; and on Cristobal's side, his whole crew. But wait, there are other important participants like the sun, the clouds, the wind, the sea and the beach; they all play an important role in the story.The Frontino Bear, is an inhabitant of our planet, and is in danger of extinction.Along with the arráu turtle, the jaguar, the condor, the manatee, the palmero bear, the cardenalito and many others, the frontino bear faces the danger of extinction, since it is estimated that there are less than 2,000 of them in the wild.This story presents the frontino bear as a central character of adventures and stories addressed to children, generations of relay, to whom correspond the conservation of our patrimonies, our environment, our cultural values and our history.The frontino bear, "Andean" or "spectacled" -Tremarctos ornatus- (F.Cuvier, 1825) is the only representative of the Ursidae family that lives in South America.This bear is a mammal that does not attack, they only do when sense either them or their offspring are threatened. Its distribution includes the Andean mountainous areas of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. There are isolated reports in southeastern Panama (border with Colombia) and northern Argentina, on the border with Bolivia.Within this wide geographic range, the frontino>/i> bear occupies a great diversity of habitats in floors of altitudes that go from the 250 to a little more than 4,000 meters off the level of the sea.