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*Pinatas & Smiling Skeletons: Celebrating Mexican Festivals
HARRIS Zoe & WILLIAMS Suzanne [Other titles by this author]
Stock ID: 7808
ISBN: 9781881896197
Pacific View Press 1st Edition
285 x 225mm. Was $43.95. NOW $10.00 48pp
Qué vivan las fiestas! Long live the festivals! Come join in! Come walk in a Christmas posada, or shout with the crowds on Independence Day. Bring marigolds to the cemetery on Day of the Dead, and breaks a pinãtas on your birthday. Sample holiday treats made of corn, chiles, and chocolate. Join the dancers in the plaza! Here is a year of special Mexican celebrations, from December 12, the festival of Guadalupe, through Christmas, Carnaval, Corpus Christi, Independence Day, and Day of the Dead. In modern Mexico, the past is never far away. Discover how Mexico?s festivals blend the culture of her ancient people and of Spain. Enjoy the legends, food, and holiday activities that make Mexico?s holiday?s unique! Zoe Harris, artist and educator, specialises in multicultural arts. She teaches Spanish language and Mexican cultural traditions to children in Northern California. Suzanne Williams is an author, editor, and educator. She is the author of Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China. Illustrator Yolanda Garfias Woo was raised in Mexico and the United States. She has exhibited her work in Europe and the United States. Ms. Woo is an anthropologist and educator who lives in San Francisco. (For this item please quote stock ID 7808)
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