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In Spanish and English, Carmen Lomas Garza portrays her family's Mexican custom, her life as an artist, and the legends of her Aztec past through cut-paper work.
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- Creator
- cut-paper art and stories by Carmen Lomas Garza ; as told to Harriet Rohmer ; edited by David Schecter ; Spanish translation by Francisco X. Alarcón = Ventanas mágicas / papel picado y relatos de Carmen Lomas Garza ; contados a Harriet Rohmer ; editados por David Schecter ; traducidos al español por Francisco X. Alarcón
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- Languages
- English, Spanish
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- Publication
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- San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, ©1999
- Physical Details
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- 30 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 089239157X, 9780892391578, 0892391839, 9780892391837
- OCLC
- ocm39706839
- In English and Spanish.
- Introduction = Introducción -- Nopal cactus = Nopalitos -- Offering for Antonio Lomas = Ofrenda para Antonio Lomas -- Dance for the day of the Dead = Baile en el Día de los Muertos -- Paper flowers = Flores de papel -- Little tortillas for Mother = Tortillitas para Mamá -- Horned toads = Camaleones -- Hummingbirds = Colibríes -- Fish = Peces -- Deer = Venado -- Turkey = Guajolote -- Eagle with rattllesnake = Águils con víbora de cascabel -- Danve and painting = Baile y pintura -- Flowery words = Palabras en flor -- Making papel picado = Haciendo papel picado
Subjects
- Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
- Mexican American families -- Juvenile literature.
- Garza, Carmen Lomas -- Family -- Juvenile literature.
- Mexico -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
- Paper work -- Juvenile literature.
- Mexico -- Social life and customs.
Children's Subject Heading
- Garza, Carmen Lomas.
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- Paper work.
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- Handicraft.
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- Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.
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