mexico

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mexico

Mi familia calaca =

My skeleton family
Anita introduces the members of her family; illustrated with Mexican folk art skeletons.

Diego Rivera

his world and ours
Provides an overview of the life of Diego Rivera, discusses his work, and prompts readers to imagine what he would paint in contemporary times.

Dear Primo

a letter to my cousin
Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, the boys are very similar at heart.

El Di? de los Muertos =

The Day of the Dead
Explains how Mexican families celebrate the lives of their deceased loved ones, including sharing pictures and stories, preparing feasts, and lighting candles in the graveyard on November 1, The Day of the Dead.

El Cucuy!

a bogeyman cuento in English and Spanish
A retelling of the story of two sisters who do not obey their father and are carried off into the mountains by El Cucuy.

The woman who outshone the sun

the legend of Lucia Zenteno = La mujer que brillaba au?n ma?s que el sol : la leyenda de Lucia Zenteno
Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment.

The Mexican family table

2019
About the ongoing story of Mexican immigration and how sharing food and family traditions have helped ease the way.
Cover image of The Mexican family table

The last narco

inside the hunt for El Chapo, the world's most wanted drug lord
2010
A courageous young journalist takes his readers deep inside the hunt for the most powerful, feared, and charismatic drug lord in the world---Mexico's Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman---and tells the full story of the drug trade over the past thirty years.
Cover image of The last narco

Hern?n Cort?s y la ca?da del imperio azteca

2009
Tells in graphic novel format the story of Spanish conquistador Hern?n Cort?s's destruction of the Aztec Empire to gain Montezuma's gold.

The Aztec

2007
Traces the history of the Aztec people, covering a wide range of topics including their engineering skills, wars, forced alliances, trade practices, religion, government, and social structure.

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