"There are never enough good stories for children." So has said Marjorie Agosin, the editor of this superb collection of mythological & historical tales. Rendered anew in Spanish by some of Chile's foremost writers, including Gabriela Mistral, Alicia Morel, Virginia Cruzat, Jacqueline Balcells & Maria Cristina de Fonseca & translated into flowing English by Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman these stories speak of the most ancient of things with a contemporary voice: about the origin of the Araucan Race, & that of The Mapuches, the People of the Earth & about the origins of Chile itself. Marjorie Agosin is herself originally from Chile & is the author of the MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO, WOMEN OF SMOKE: LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN IN LITERATURE, & SCRAPS OF LIFE: CHILEAN ARPILLERAS, & several volumes of poetry as well. She is a Professor of Spanish Literature at Wellesley College near Boston. Her translator, Celeste Kostopolos-Cooperman is a Professor of Humanities & Modern Language at Suffolk University.