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Mi Familia Calaca: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art) by Cynthia Weill; paper mache by Jesús Canseco Zárate is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mi Familia Calaca: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art) about?
Welcome to the family! It's just like yours: father, mother, sister, brother, abuelita, gato, even a great-great grandmother. Well, but there's something just a little bit different about this particular family. Maybe it's those clothes they wear... just a little bit fashion backward. And the colors! So vibrant and... lively. Maybe that's what it is. They are just so full of life while looking almost other worldly.Cynthia Weill's latest bilingual book for young readers teaches basic information about relationships, while also celebrating the colorful tradition of Mexico's Day of the Dead. Artist Jesus 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 Gualdalupe Posada's engravings and Aztec sculpture.Chosen as one of the Best Children's Books Of The Year by the Children's Book Committee and by the Cooperative Children's Book CenterCynthia Weill holds a doctorate in education from Teachers College Columbia University. She is on the board of the Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art which seeks to promote and preserve the artists and artisanal work of that Mexican state. La
Who reads Mi Familia Calaca: A Mexican Folk Art Family in English and Spanish (First Concepts in Mexican Folk Art)?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Cynthia Weill; paper mache by Jesús Canseco Zárate
- Publisher
- El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781935955504
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Fiction, Art, Design
- Rating
- 3.97 / 5 (60 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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