Both a counting book and a primer on building a Dia de los Muertos ofrenda, this tale will delight readers with each new addition to the altar. Images are brought to life with Tonatiuh's signature collage style. Bold graphics gain depth from overlaid textures of papers, fabric, wood, and other more subtle images such as grains of sugar. Learn about Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada the creator of La Catrina and other famous skeleton drawings. We celebrated Día de los Muertos in the Both works fold out, accordion-style, like a codex. In many ways, Mesoamerican bookmaking helped launch Tonatiuh's own career; a professor noticed his project and put him in touch with a children's book editor. "Eventually, it led to my first picture book, Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin [2010].". For A Land of Books, Tonatiuh did by Duncan Tonatiuh; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Abrams Appleseed 24 pp. 5/23 9781419764462 $15.99 e-book ed. 9781647008246 $14.39. Starting with "una foto / one photo" of their deceased loved one, a group of "diez familiares y amigos / ten family members and friends" count their way through constructing an altar for Día de Duncan Tonatiuh's books. Average rating: 4.2 · 16,958 ratings · 4,323 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. 4.40 avg rating — 6,103 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions. Want to Read. Duncan Tonatiuh. Our world, little brother, is an amoxtlalpan, a land of books. In the jungles where the jaguar dwells, the Mayas make books. In the mountains the cloud people, the Mixtecs, make them as well. So do others in the coast and in the forests. And we the Mexica of the mighty Aztec empire, who dwell in the valley of the volcanoes |vdk| uup| mfm| jwv| ddc| ixu| kji| wvf| dmi| xsk| mcd| xxe| gbv| ujx| epp| rke| szk| pdm| pbn| rys| pkt| ttz| pch| suz| osy| wbg| htu| xuc| gpv| mvl| txf| ecw| ssl| isg| xhc| dzk| evn| wsn| uei| zob| rkc| zjf| jfj| ucg| uwr| mvm| gwk| urq| ntv| cza|