Music

Sino by Mercedes Sosa. 1992.

Game

Continent Ball: This is a game played with a sheet, where you try to move the ball around without touching it. 

From: Unique Games and Sports Around the World: A Reference Guide edited by Doris Corbett, John Cheffers, and Eileen Crowley Sullivan. 2001

Story

Senor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America retold by Lucia M. Gonzalez. 1997.

Tuck-Me-In Tales: Bedtime Stories from Around the World by Margaret Read Macdonald. 1996.

The Magic Bean Tree: A Legend from Argentina retold by Nancy Van Laan. 1998.

Activities

Gaucho Belt : These are belts worn by Gauchos who were much like cowboys and rode the plains in Argentina.

From: Around-The-World Art and Activities by Judy Press. 2000.

Food

Empanadas

From: CultureGrams  www.culturgrams.com

Argentina Booklist

Nonfiction

Traditional Tales

Senor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America retold by Lucia M. Gonzalez. 1997.

Tuck-Me-In Tales: Bedtime Stories from Around the World by Margaret Read Macdonald. 1996.

The Magic Bean Tree: A Legend from Argentina retold by Nancy Van Laan. 1998.

Information

Argentina by Sharon Gordon. 2004.

Argentina by Charles J. Shields.  2004.

Argentina in Pictures by Tom Streissguth. 2003.

Art and Activity

Global Art by MaryAnn F. Kohl and Jean Potter. 1998.

Around-The-World Art and Activities by Judy Press. 2000.

The Kids Multicultural Cookbook by Deanna F. Cook. 1995.

Picture Books

Brusca, Maria Cristina. On the Pampas. 1991.

Lamm, C. Drew. Gauchada. 2002.

Websites

Argentina

http://www.argentour.com/

Facts and video to show you more about Argentina.

Travel for Kids

http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Argentina/argentina.htm

Time for Kids: Argentina

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/goplaces/main/0,18606,491291,00.html

Facts, timeline, phrases, and trivia questions about Argentina- just for kids!