“A white breeze was rising toward the hills
and the sun spilled its last gold upon your hair,
oh sad part of me, do you remember?”
~Roberto SosaReturn of the River:
The Selected Poems of Roberto Sosa
Honduran poet
Website Resources
Be sure to check out the books on display in the Jr. High Library!
OPA Jr. High Library Country Profile: Honduras
https://opajrhighlibrary.weebly.com/honduras.html
CIA World Factbook: Honduras
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ho.html
Music of Honduras
Utah Online Library
Did You Know?
- The Olancho Forest Reserve, a pine forest preserve in northeastern Honduras, is about the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
- The great Maya Empire flourished in what is now Honduras until about AD 800.
- Touching the finger below the eye indicates caution.
- The Honduran currency, the lempira, is named after the native chief Lempira, who fought against Spanish conquerors.
“Honduras.” CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2019, online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=70&cn=Honduras. Accessed 06 September 2019.
