Elizabeth Borton De Trevino's Books

What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican señora in nineteen-thirties' provincial Monterrey? She finds herself-sometimes hilariously-coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. In this vivid autobiography, Newbery Award winning author Elizabeth Borton de Treviño brings to life her experiences with the culture and the faith of a civilization so close to the United States, but rarely appreciated or understood. This special young people's edition presents the humor and the insights of a remarkable woman and her contact with an era which is now past, but not to be forgotten.

A young boy is given the task of caretaker for an albino deer in the mountains of Mexico.

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During the era of the Spanish Inquisition, when a young woman learns that she is not a Christian, as she had believed, but a Jew, she travels to the New World to find her real family.

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.

When the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist. Upon the death of his indulgent mistress in Seville, Juan de Pareja was uprooted from the only home he had known and placed in the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to be sent north to his mistress's nephew and heir, Diego Velázquez, who recognized at once the intelligence and gentle breeding which were to make Juan his indispensable assistant and companion—and his lifelong friend. Through Juan's eyes the reader sees Velázquez's delightful family, his working habits and the character of the man, his relations with the shy yet devoted King Philip IV and with his fellow painters, Rubens and Murillo, the climate and customs of Spanish court life. When Velázquez discovers that he and Juan share a love for the art which is his very life, the painter proves his friendship in the most incredible fashion, for in those days it was forbidden by law for slaves to learn or practice the arts. Through the hardships of voyages to Italy, through the illnesses of Velázquez, Juan de Pareja loyally serves until the death of the painter in 1660. I, Juan de Pareja is the winner of the 1966 Newbery Medal. Latino Interest.

A young boy is given the task of caretaker for an albino deer in the mountains of Mexico.

Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Juan de Pareja, a young slave who grew to become an assistant to the painter Velazquez.

Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Velazquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Spanish court life.

In 17th century Mexico, Lalo, a mute herder, is entrusted with the care of a sickly white deer destined to be a present from Mexico to the King of Spain.

During the era of the Spanish Inquisition, when a young woman learns that she is not a Christian, as she had believed, but a Jew, she travels to the New World to find her real family.

Book's by Elizabeth Borton De Trevino

My Heart Lies South

My Heart Lies South

My Heart Lies South

My Heart Lies South

Nacar, the White Deer

Nacar, the White Deer

Prentice Hall Literature: Tvtt I, Juan de Pareja Novel Grade 7

Prentice Hall Literature: Tvtt I, Juan de Pareja Novel Grade 7

Among the Innocent

Among the Innocent

I, Juan de Pareja

I, Juan de Pareja

I, Juan de Pareja

I, Juan de Pareja

Nacar, the White Deer

Nacar, the White Deer

I, Juan de Pareja

I, Juan de Pareja

I, Juan de Pareja

I, Juan de Pareja

Nacar, the White Deer

Nacar, the White Deer

Among the Innocent

Among the Innocent

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