CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories

Hardback: $35.00
ISBN-13: 9781935198338
Published: December 2019

Additional Information

212 pages | full-color illustrations
  • About the Book
  • CHamoru Legends: A Gathering of Stories retells 12 CHamoru legends with personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez, unique illustrations for each legend by Guam artists, and versions of the legends in the CHamoru language by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera. The publication is a reversible book featuring the legends in English on one side and in CHamoru on the other. Through these layers of interpretation, the book weaves together strips of wisdom and cultural lessons like leaves used to shape the CHamoru guåfak, or mat, upon which the earliest CHamoru storytellers sat sharing their versions of these timeless tales.

  • About the Author(s)
    • Teresita Lourdes Perez, Author

      Teresita Lourdes Perez teaches writing at the University of Guam.
    • Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera, Translator

      Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera has taught the CHamoru language in Guam’s schools for decades.