Books with author Elizabeth Borton De Trevino

The Spanish galleons which plied between the Orient and the Americas in the seventeenth century sometimes carried strange cargo. The records of the period note that a White Deer was brought across the Pacific to Mexico to be reshipped across the Atlantic to the King of Spain and presented to him with a golden collar around its neck. The Author was intrigued with this idea and so was born this story of 'Nacar'. It is the story of a mute shepherd boy named Lalo, and the White Deer and what happened when the deer arrived in Acapulco. The boy is entrusted with nursing the sick deer back to health and the challenges and bonds that grow between the two make for a charming, endearing historical story for all. - Dust jacket flap

In the era of Rembrandt, Rubens, and Van Dyke, Spain had its own great painter--Diego Velasquez. His assistant is Juan, an African slave who helps his master in his studio by preparing paints and stretching canvasses. Soon, by spending time in the studio and watching his master's technique, Juan begins to teach himself to paint too. But such work as the creation of art is forbidden to slaves. Delighted with his work but carefully guarding his secret, Juan is torn between the need to protect himself and the need to reveal his talent.