Juan the Bear and the Water of Life.

Juan the Bear and the Water of Life. Juan the Bear and the Water of Life Retold and Translated by Enrique R. Lamadrid & Juan EstevanArellano Amy Cordova, illustrator University of New Mexico Press MSC04 2820, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 9780826345431, $17.95 www.unmpress.com 1-800-249-7737 Juan the Bear and the Water of Life / La Acequia de Juan del Oso isa bilingual English/Spanish children's picturebook of folkloreabout how the waterways, rivers, and irrigation ditches that carry waterfrom tributaries of the Rio Grande to the watershed of the Mora,Canadian, Arkansas, and Mississippi rivers came to be. The classic fabletells of Juan del Oso, the man whose father was a bear; Juan and hisfriends moved mountains and rivers to bring life to the valleys. Boldcolor illustrations grace this treasury of cultural lore; its text iscomplex enough to be suitable for young readers age ten and up.