Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll

English/Espaol/Nahuatl Edition

Jonathan D. Amith, Silvestre Pantalen Esteva, Inocencio Jimnez Chino

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Deep Vellum Publishing
14 August 2024

Traditional stories (Children's&YA); Animal stories (Children's&YA)

Follow the classic tale of the trickster Brer Rabbit in a one-of-a-kind trilingual edition, featuring Nahuatl, Spanish, and English languages alongside traditional amate bark paintings.

Uncle Rabbit has been gazing longingly at a garden across the river where his favorite foods are planted. Finally, he tricks Old Man Crocodile into giving him a ride to the other side of the river, only to find that he has bitten off more than he can chew!

Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll beautifully recounts a Nahuatl version of Brer Rabbit, one of the most widespread tales of both the Old and New Worlds, in three languages. Told by master storyteller Silvestre Pantalen and illustrated on amate bark paper by Inocencio Jimnez, a selftaught artist from the same village in Guerrero, Mexico, this book tells the story of trickster Uncle Rabbit as he cleverly makes fools out of his eternal adversaries: Old Man Crocodile and Uncle Coyote.

Presented here in Nahuatl alongside English and Spanish translations of the story, Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll shares a beloved tale with intercultural meaning alongside unique, detailed bark paintings and a Nahuatl-English glossary.

Illustrated by: Inocencio Jimnez Chino
Edited by: Jonathan D. Amith
Narrator: Silvestre Pantalen Esteva
Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Multilingual edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 279mm,
ISBN: 9781646053438
ISBN 10: 1646053435
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 14 August 2024
Recommended Age: From 4 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan D. Amith is an independent scholar dedicated to the documentation of endangered languages in Mexico. He recorded, transcribed, and translated this edition of Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll. Silvestre Pantalen Esteva, recently deceased, was from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Augustn Oapan, state of Guerrero, Mexico. Uncle Rabbit is one of dozens of stories he recorded for Jonathan Amith. Inocencio Jimnez Chino is a self-taught artist also from San Agustn Oapan. He illustrated Uncle Rabbit and the Wax Doll over the course of eighteen months. He is represented by Catalyst Contemporary Gallery in Baltimore.