This is a clear, easy-to-understand reading in Spanish by the author, Ecuadorian Verónica Moscoso, of the entire novella Olivia y los monos.
Olivia y los monos is an easy low-level Spanish novella for true beginners. It is almost entirely in the present tense with a smattering of past tense and no subjunctive. With about 285 unique words (not including obvious cognates) and plenty of repetition, it tells a 2,700-word story. A full glossary for each of the seven chapters is included.
Book Summary
Olivia is a very curious 16-year-old girl who likes to travel and who loves animals. She travels with her parents to Misahuallí, a town in the Amazon region of Ecuador. She is fascinated with the group of monkeys that live in the town. The monkeys approach and interact with tourists and the town’s people. She spends a week in Misahuallí with her parents. In Olivia y los monos one after another amusing situation occurs with the monkeys. Olivia narrates the story.
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Available now MEET THE MONKEYS a 26-Minute Documentary on DVD complementing the book Olivia y los monos. There’s a FREE 7-Minute Video version on YouTube.
The 7-Minute Video is just a short version of the 26-Minute Documentary.
Watching the 26-Minute Documentary makes reading Olivia y los monos more fun! Olivia y los monos is based on the true story of the Misahuallí monkeys. The documentary takes the students to Misahuallí, a little town in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where a troupe of wild capuchin monkeys share the village with the people.
Ecuadorian Verónica Moscoso, Olivia y los monos‘ author, visited Mishahuallí to make a documentary about the monkeys. The book is based on events that she witnessed, filmed, and the stories that the villagers told her.
Scroll down to watch the 7-Minute-Video version on Youtube as a preview of the 26-Minute Documentary.
- ISBN-10: 1603722610
- ISBN-13: 978-1603722612
- Package Dimensions: 4.8 x 4.8 x 0.2 inches
