Festival of the Bones / El Festival de las Calaveras
A Picture Books, Childrens, Halloween book. Review written for and published by Portland Book Review on February 24th:The Festival of Bones / El Festival de las...
Mexico’s Day of the Dead fascinates U.S readers, whether for its joyful celebration of an unusual tradition or because it simply feels like home. San Vicente lets children join the celebration as they watch the skeletons rock, rattle, and roll those long old bones as they get ready for the biggest event of their social calendar. A short...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 32 pages
- ISBN: 9780938317678 / 0
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Review written for and published by Portland Book Review on February 24th:The Festival of Bones / El Festival de las Calaveras is a colorful bilingual childrens book dealing with the subject matter of the Day of the Dead. The book is illustrated with happy looking skeletons as they gather together in preparation for the festival. The... Short poems explain different skeletons approaching the cemetery for the celebration. Not much rhyming in either language, but illustrations are fun. Text is hard to read on the all black and white middle spread however. Information about the celebration and recipes are included in the back, only in English. I wish I could understand this book in Spanish, because I feel like it probably didn't undergo the most lyrical translation. The book was OK, but the back informational section was pretty robust for a "little bitty book for the Day of the Dead."
