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Books in the South American genre:

The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)

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A collection of stories about animals, mainly true. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

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The Argonauts of the Amazon (1901)

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Three friends procure a steam launch to search the upper reaches of the Amazon for the Inca’s treasure. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): C. R. Kenyon
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Stallion from the North (1932)

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A collection of short stories about people of Central America.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Thomas Rourke
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Quito Express (1938)

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A baby stows away on the Quito Express.

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

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Paco Goes to the Fair (1940)

Paco Goes to the Fair Gill Hoke Gannett 1940 book cover

In this Story of Far-away Ecuador Paco sells his wool at the fair.

 

Author(s): Richard Cochran Gill
Helen Hoke
Illustrator(s): Ruth Chrisman Gannett

Fo’castle Waltz (1945)

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The artist ships out for the Argentine.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Revolt in San Marcos (1949)

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Carlos, a mountain boy of a Latin American country, is divorced from the ideals of his old uncle when he sees the violence following the backwash of a revolt in the city of San Marcos, and his murder of his step-brother drives him from home. In the c... View More

Author(s): Robert Carver North
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Adventures of Pancho of Peru (1953)

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Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Albert J. Nevins
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Adventures of Ramon of Bolivia (1954)

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Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Albert J. Nevins
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Balboa, Swordsman and Conquistador (1956)

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In 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and founded the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas at Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Hippolyte-Crab King (1956)

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A young boy in Trinidad must find a way to make a costume for Carnival.

Author(s): Joy Anderson
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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World Song (1960)

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Thirteen-year-old Red, a visitor from New Mexico and an "outsider" at a Costa Rican cacao plantation, makes friends with Juanito, a boy who shares his joy in observing the yellow warblers migrating from the Navajo country.

Author(s): Ann Nolan Clark
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Yagua Days (1975)

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A young boy of Puerto Rican parentage living in New York visits his relatives in the Commonwealth.

Author(s): Cruz Martel
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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New Shoes for Silvia (1993)

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When Silvia gets a pair of ruby slippers from Tia Rosita, she can’t wait to try them on.

Author(s): Johanna Hurwitz
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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