Choices, Cooperative Children\'s Book Center (CCBC) Best Children\'s & Young Adult Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Junior Library Guild Selection Come meet La Familia calaca! They\'re just like everybody else.
Las esculturas de brazos largos de Canseco Zarate le dan un toque juguetón a la iconografía Mexicana tradicional del esqueleto, que se ve a lo largo de la historia artística del país, hasta los grabados de José Guadalupe Posada, y las esculturas Aztecas..
La colaboración bilingüe entre autora Cynthia Weill y artista Jesus Canseco Zarate le enseña a lectores jóvenes información básica sobre familias, al mismo tiempo celebrando la tradición colorida del Día de Muertos.
Tal vez eso es, solo están llenos de vida, al mismo tiempo pareciendo de otro mundo. vivos.
Y los colores! Tan vibrantes y... es un poco anticuada.
Tal vez es la su ropa...
Pero hay algo un poco diferente sobre esta familia. *** Bienvenidos a la familia! Es justo como la tuya: papá, mamá, hermana, hermano, abuelita, gato, hasta un a vis-abuela.
Canseco Zarate long-limbed sculptures are a playful twist on traditional Mexican iconography of the Skeleton that stretches back through the country\'s art history to José Guadalupe Posada\'s engravings and Aztec sculpture.
Cynthia Weill\'s bilingual collaboration with artist Jesus Canseco Zarate teaches young readers basic information about relationships, while also celebrating the colorful tradition of Mexico\'s Day of the Dead.
They are just so full of life while looking almost other worldly.
Maybe that\'s what it is. lively.
And the colors! So vibrant and... just a little bit fashion backward.
Maybe it\'s those clothes they wear...
Well, but there\'s something just a little bit different about this particular family.
Except they\'re all bones! Welcome to the family! It\'s just like yours: father, mother, sister, brother, abuelita, gato, even a great-great grandmother.
Choices, Cooperative Children\'s Book Center (CCBC) Best Children\'s & Young Adult Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Junior Library Guild Selection Come meet La Familia calaca! They\'re just like everybody else
