Viva Zapata!

_{by Emilie Smith and Margarita Kenefio Tejada illustrated by Stefan Czernecki}

This humorous story is about an incident the childhood of the Mexican revolutionary hero, Emiliano Zapata. After Emiliano’s pony is stolen, he manages to track down the bandits and recover his horse.

Reviews:

“This charming, humorous tale with its striking black and white illustrations stands on its own merits, but an afterword provides contextual information that enlarges the story considerably.” — Global and Mail

“With the vitality and starkness of fable, simple black-and-white illustrations accompany a brief historical fiction for early readers about a run-in between horse thieves and a nine-year-old boy named Emiliano Zapata, who’s already acting on the egalitarian instincts that will one day turn him into a legendary Mexican revolutionary.” —The Georgia Straight

“The True strength of this book, ...would be as a book, to share between adult and child, over multiple readings and multiple years.” —The Resource Links Vol. 15 no.2

Author Bio

Emilie Smith was born in Argentina and lives in Vancouver, BC. She wrote this story with her friend, Margarita Kenefic Tejada, who lives in Guatemala. They met many years ago when they both were living in exile in a Mexican village about a day's horseback ride from Emiliano's home. Over the years, these two friends and sisters have engaged in numerous acts of poetry, and compassion.

Illustrator Bio

Stefan Czerneckilives in Vancouver and has visited Mexico many times. He loves to play with toy robots and horses, and wishes he could one day lasso the moon.