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Yo, Juan de Pareja
(Newbery Medal Winner)
Author: Elizabeth Borton De Treviño; Translated by Enrique T. Borton
Yo, Juan de Pareja
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Juan de Pareja, the slave who prepares the paints and canvases of the artist Velâazquez, describes his work with his master and the climate of Spanish court life.
I, Juan de Pareja is the winner of the 1966 Newbery Medal.
Spanish Edition. Latino Interest.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN
9780374492922
In The News
“An excellent novel, written in the form of an autobiography, about the painter Vel†zquez and his Negro slave and assistant, Juan de Pareja...[who] was legally prohibited from painting because he was a slave.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books