Have A Summer Adventure! – “Amazon Rainforest Magic” y “La Magia de la Amazonia” et “La Magie de l’Amazonie”: Fantasy-Adventure books for children – ENGLISH, ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS – tales of Yanomami life in the Amazon Rainforest – ages 8 to 100!


Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy (Volume 1)
For more Volume 1 details – in the USA, please click here: https://goo.GL/VmexDS

Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl (Volume 2) – front and back covers

For more Volume 2 details – in the USA, please click below:

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Amazon Rainforest Magic – SERIES description: The magic of the Amazon rainforest enchanted artist Barbara Crane Navarro as she spent the winter months with the Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil over a dozen years. These travels inspired her to write her children’s books. The vividly illustrated stories in this series evoke daily life in the rainforest and the magical quality of the Yanomami’s relation to the plants and animals around them.

The first volume (details in the UK) Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy: Volume 1 chronicles the journey of Namowë, a 13-year-old Yanomami boy living with his community in the rainforest, as he searches for a cure for his baby. sister with the help of local animals and plants.

The second volume (details in the UK) Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl: Volume 2 chronicles the surprising journey of Meromi, a 9-year-old Yanomami girl who is drawn into an unexpected adventure in the rivers and jungles of the Amazon. With the help of improvised allies, she searches for a way to deter intruders and get them out of the forest. Aspects of traditional Yanomami rainforest life are woven into these whimsical adventure tales. The author’s enchanting illustrations turn readers into traveling companions on Namowë and Meromi’s magical quest.

  • EN ESPAÑOL:

La magia de la selva amazónica encantó a la artista Barbara Crane Navarro mientras pasaba los meses de invierno con las comunidades Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil durante una docena de años. Estos viajes la inspiraron a escribir sus libros para niños. Las historias vívidamente ilustradas de esta serie evocan la vida cotidiana en la selva tropical y la cualidad mágica de la relación de los Yanomami con las plantas y los animales que los rodean.

El primer volumen: La Magia de la Amazonia: Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami: Volume 1 relata el viaje de Namowë, un niño Yanomami de trece años que vive con su comunidad en la selva tropical, mientras busca una cura para su hermanita con la ayuda de animales y plantas locales. 

El segundo volumen: La Magia de la Amazonia: Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami: Volume 2 relata el sorprendente viaje de Meromi, una niña Yanomami de 9 años que se ve envuelta en una aventura inesperada en los ríos y selvas del Amazonas. Con la ayuda de aliados improvisados, busca una forma de disuadir a los intrusos y hacerlos salir del bosque.

Aspectos de la vida tradicional Yanomami en la selva tropical se entretejen en estos fantásticos cuentos de aventuras. Las encantadoras ilustraciones del autor transforman a los lectores en compañeros de viaje en la búsqueda mágica de Namowë y Meromi.

  • EN FRANÇAIS:

Description de la série: La magie de l’Amazonie a enchanté l’artiste Barbara Crane Navarro alors qu’elle passait les mois d’hiver avec les communautés Yanomami du Venezuela et du Brésil pendant une douzaine d’années. Ces voyages l’ont inspirée à écrire des livres pour enfants. Les histoires vivement illustrées de cette série évoquent la vie quotidienne dans la forêt tropicale et la qualité magique de la relation des Yanomami aux plantes et aux animaux qui les entourent.

Le premier volume, La Magie de l’Amazonie: Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami raconte le voyage de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami de 13 ans vivant avec sa communauté dans la forêt tropicale, alors qu’il cherche un remède pour son bébé sœur avec l’aide d’animaux et de plantes locales.

Le deuxième volume La Magie de l’Amazonie: Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami raconte le voyage surprenant de Meromi, une jeune fille Yanomami de 9 ans qui est entraînée dans une aventure inattendue dans les rivières et les jungles de l’Amazonie. Avec l’aide d’alliés improvisés, elle cherche un moyen de décourager les intrus et de les faire quitter la forêt. 

Des aspects de la vie traditionnelle des Yanomami dans la forêt tropicale sont tissés dans ces contes d’aventures fantaisistes. Les illustrations enchanteresses de l’auteur transforment les lecteurs en compagnons de voyage dans la quête magique de Namowë et Meromi.

Yanomami children looking at their copies of the book “La Magia de la Amazonia” in Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela. The story was read out loud to them in the Yanomami language. The boy in the photo at the top is wearing his father’s traditional monkey tail headdress. The children’s traditional face and body paint is made from Achiote and charcoal.

Niños Yanomami mirando sus ejemplares del libro “La Magia de la Amazonia” en Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela. Se les leyó la historia en voz alta en el idioma Yanomami. El niño de la foto de arriba lleva el tradicional tocado de cola de mono de su padre. La pintura facial y corporal tradicional de los niños está hecha de achiote y carbón.

Enfants Yanomami regardant leurs exemplaires du livre “La Magia de la Amazonia” dans le Haut Orénoque, Amazonas, Venezuela. L’histoire leur a été lue à haute voix en langue Yanomami. Le garçon sur la photo en haut porte la coiffe en queue de singe traditionnelle de son père. La peinture traditionnelle pour le visage et le corps des enfants est composée d’Achiote et de charbon de bois.

Here’s my tiny film: Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle!

Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments – DON’T MISS THIS ONE! 

A 38 second film with Namowë, a Yanomami boy in the Alto Orinoco region, Amazonas, Venezuela 

Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle is an excerpt of a film by Barbara Crane Navarro of instants of daily life of a Yanomami community in the Amazon Rainforest of Venezuela made to accompany the children’s book series: “Amazon Rainforest Magic” “La Magie de l’Amazonie” and “La Magia de la Amazonia” 

Please help Yanomami children and all Indigenous communities by protecting Nature when you shop for the Holidays! Please Boycott products from Deforestation; Gold, PalmOil, Soy, Beef, Exotic Wood, Gemstones, Leather, etc.!

About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I'm a French artist living near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA. My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.
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