Spain -- Description and travel; Spain -- History -- Juvenile literature
Castile, 34-36
Castles, 34-35
Catalonia, 29, 30
Cave drawings, 15
Christmas, 52-53
Church, 15-16, 46, 49-50
Civil War, 21, 46
Columbus, Christopher, 7, 8, 18
Conquistadores, 19, 20, 28
Donkeys, 14, 24, 32
Don Quixote, 42-44
Elche, 54
El Escorial, 35
El Greco, 41-42
Extremadura, 28
Festivals, 31, 56-58
Fiestas, 50-52
Flamenco, 40
Food, 52, 53, 58-61
Franco, Francisco, 21
Galicia, 25
Games, 45
Geography, 11, 12, 25-36
Gibraltar, 12
Granada, 19, 37-40
Gypsies, 27, 40, 56
History, 7-8, 15-21
Holy Week, 54-55
Iberians, 11, 15, 32
Isabella, 7, 8, 17, 19, 20
Jai alai, 33-34, 45
Jerez, 56
Leon, 28
Lions, 38
Madrid, 36-37, 42
Moors, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32, 37-40, 41-42, 55
Murcia, 29, 32
Navarre, 32
Palos, 8
Paradores, 35
Paseo, 44, 49, 51
Prado Museum, 42
Pyrenees, 11, 32
Regions, 12, 13, 24-36, 58
Romans, 15, 16
Saints, 50-51, 55
Schools, 44, 45, 46-48
Segovia, 16
Seville, 55-57
Shepherds, 9, 33, 44
Siesta, 36-37
Three Kings Day, 53
Toledo, 37, 40-42
Valencia, 29, 30, 31, 52, 60
Sources
In preparing this book, the author drew upon her own experience in Spain
as well as historical and other information supplied by official Spanish
sources both in Spain and the U.S.
Teachers may obtain additional information from Library of Congress,
Washington, D. C.; Hispanic American Society, Inc. 80 Wall Street, N. Y.;
Hispanic Institute, 435 West 117th Street, N. Y.;
Hispanic Society of America (Museum and Library), Broadway between 155
and 156 Streets, N. Y.;
Iberia Air Lines of Spain, 339 Madison Avenue, N. Y.; Spanish Embassy,
Washington, D. C. (Commercial Office and Office of Cultural Relations);
Spanish State Tourist Department, 485 Madison Avenue, N. Y.
THE GETTING TO KNOW BOOKS
COVER TODAY'S WORLD
_Africa_
GETTING TO KNOW AFRICA'S FRENCH COMMUNITY
GETTING TO KNOW ALGERIA
GETTING TO KNOW THE CONGO RIVER
GETTING TO KNOW EGYPT
GETTING TO KNOW KENYA
GETTING TO KNOW LIBERIA
GETTING TO KNOW NIGERIA
GETTING TO KNOW THE SAHARA
GETTING TO KNOW SOUTH AFRICA
GETTING TO KNOW RHODESIA, ZAMBIA AND MALAWI
GETTING TO KNOW TANZANIA
_Arctic_
GETTING TO KNOW THE ARCTIC
_Asia_
GETTING TO KNOW BURMA
GETTING TO KNOW THE CENTRAL HIMALAYAS
GETTING TO KNOW HONG KONG
GETTING TO KNOW INDIA
GETTING TO KNOW JAPAN
GETTING TO KNOW THE NORTHERN HIMALAYAS
GETTING TO KNOW PAKISTAN
GETTING TO KNOW THE RIVER GANGES
GETTING TO KNOW THAILAND
GETTING TO KNOW THE TWO CHINAS
GETTING TO KNOW THE TWO KOREAS
GETTING TO KNOW THE TWO VIETNAMS
_Caribbean and Central America_
GETTING TO KNOW THE BRITISH WEST INDIES
GETTING TO KNOW COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA
GETTING TO KNOW CUBA
GETTING TO KNOW GUATEMALA AND THE TWO HONDURAS
GETTING TO KNOW MEXICO
GETTING TO KNOW PANAMA
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