Joy D. Baklanoff, Luis Alejandro Sanchez Anna Maria's Dreams

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Anna Maria's Dream is an adventure story of an eight-year old girl during the time of her Mayan village's patronal fiesta. Told in a culturally sensitive manner, this story is rich in the sights, sounds and smells encountered throughout this lively occasion. During the celebration, Anna Maria dreams nightly about local animals and their relationship to their environment and to her. In the end, she discovers the meaning of the dreams and her life is forever changed for the better. The book features magnificent illustrations as envisioned through the eyes of a local Yucaten, award-winning artist. The reading level is for grades three, four and five.