Pleasant DeSpain

Emerald Lizard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

DeSpain has spent decades exploring Latin American and collecting its stories. These tales are full of compassionate souls, humor, explanations of nature and geography -- and always, fine story-telling. Lamo-Jimenez's Spanish translation reverberates with the rich, vibrant quality for which Latin tales are known.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: August House Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 139mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9780874835526
• ISBN-10: 0874835526
• Artikelnr.: 22009102

Autorenporträt

Pleasant DeSpain Bio: Pleasant DeSpain has a most unusual but true name and an equally unusual but true profession - writer and storyteller. He travels the world collecting, researching, writing and retelling traditional tales from native cultures. Born in Colorado, he wrote his first original story at age eight. It was published as "The Mystery Artist" in 1996. Pleasant taught speech-literature-drama for six years at three universities, and wrote-produced-hosted an award-winning TV show called "Pleasant Journeys" on KING TV, Seattle. Now, the author of eighteen award-winning, multicultural story collections and picture books, published by August House, has a home in Troy, NY and frequently travels to spend extended periods of time in Thailand. Pleasant continues to travel the world having amazing adventures. While living in Thailand he has continued to collect more stories and is working on a new book.