Quince mil anos antes de que los Europeos pisaran las Americas, la gente ya se habia propagado de punta a punta y de costa a costa. Como todos los humanos, estos Nativos Americanos buscaban comprender su lugar en el universo, la naturaleza de su relacion con lo divino, y el origen del mundo en el que habian emergido sus antepasados. Las respuestas se encuentran en sus historias sagradas. La autora Maria Garcia Esperon, la ilustradora Amanda Mijangos, y el traductor David Bowles nos han regalado un tesoro. Sus talentos han tejido esta coleccion de historias de naciones y culturas en nuestros dos continentes–el Mundo Rodeado del Mar, como lo llamaban los Aztecas–desde la orilla de Argentina hasta lo mas alto de Alaska.

Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. This collection of those stories–from nations and cultures across two continents, what the Aztecs called the Sea-Ringed World, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska–is a treasure. The Em Querido list seeks to introduce the finest books in translation from around the world to an American audience. We feel lucky to be bringing you this book on our inaugural list, which we hope will be a true window and mirror.