Dia De Los Muertos | McKinney Public Libraries

1) Calavera abecedario: a Day of the Dead alphabet

Author

Winter, Jeanette

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Celebrate the Day of the Dead and learn the alphabet at the same time.

2) The festival of bones =: El festival de las calaveras : the little-bitty book for the day of the dead

Author

San Vicente, Luis

Series

Bilingual early reader

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Describe el Día de los Muertos, o Di'a el-de los Muertos, las vacaciones famosas en México del 31 de octubre al 2 de noviembre. Describes the Day of the Dead, or el Día de los Muertos, a holiday celebrated in Mexico from October 31 to November 2.

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4) Día de los Muertos

Author

Salazar, Alicia

Series

Traditions and celebrations)

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"Día de los Muertos is a special holiday to remember and celebrate loved ones. It is a Mexican tradition held to honor those who have died. Some people dress up and go to parades. Others sing, dance, and eat special food. Others decorate altars with flowers and make offerings. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways"--

5) day of the dead el día de los muertos

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7) Día de los Muertos

Author

Eliot, Hannah

Series

Celebrate the world

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papel picado , this is a holiday that truly commemorates the cycle of life.

8) Felipa y el Día de los Muertos

Author

Müller, Birte

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Abuelita ha muerto y Felipa se siente muy triste. Para consolarla, sus padres le explican que las almas de las personas muertas viven para siempre ... Cuando toda la aldea se prepara para celebrar el Día de los Muertos y honrar a los seres queridos que han fallecido, Felipa también participa en las celebraciones y finalmente encuentra el alma de Abuelita. In the Andes Mountains, Felipa misses her grandmother Abuelita, and goes in search of her...

9) Celebrating Día de los Muertos

Author

Heinrichs, Ann

Series

Celebrating holidays

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Dia de los Muertos, or 'Day of the Dead', may seem like a bleak name for a holiday. But this exciting occasion is actually a special time to remember loved ones and to celebrate life. Young readers discover how food, fun, and memories contribute to a festival that is more about rejoicing than mourning.

10) Day of the Dead =: Día de los muertos

Author

Hollihan, Kerrie Logan

Series

Latin American celebrations and festivals

11) día de los muertos una celebración de la familia

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12) The remembering day = El dia de los muertos

Author

Mora, Pat

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Hace mucho en que vendría ser llamado México, como la Madre Alma y su nieta, Bella, recordaría veces felices andando en el jardín ellos han tendido juntos ya que Bella era un bebé, la Madre Alma pregunta que después de que ella sea ida su familia la recuerda durante un día especial cada año. Incluye hechos sobre el Día que Recuerda, dia el-de los muertos. Long ago in what would come to be called Mexico, as Mama Alma and her granddaughter,...

13) Dia de los muertos

Author

Thong, Roseanne

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"It's Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and children throughout the pueblo, or town, are getting ready to celebrate! They decorate with colored streamers, calaveras, or sugar skulls, and pan de muertos, or bread of the dead. There are altars draped in cloth and covered in marigolds and twinkling candles. Music fills the streets. Join the fun and festivities, learn about a different cultural tradition, and brush up on your Spanish vocabulary, as...

14) Paquito y Abuelito

Author

Gonzalez, Eric

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Paquito learns the real significance of his grandfather's Día de los Muertos altar and its nichos.

15) Just one itsy bitsy little bite =: Sólo una mordidita chiquitita

Author

Garza, Xavier

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Just as Joaquin and his mother are about to enjoy their pan de muerto on the Day of the Dead, a skeleton arrives offering to play music in exchange for one tiny bite.

16) The Day of the Dead mystery

Author

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Series

Boxcar children volume 149

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The Aldens are visiting friends for a big Dia de los Muertos celebration. The kids love learning about the holiday and helping out - that is until mysterious events threaten to ruin everyone's preparations. Can the Aldens figure out what's going on and help their friends save the celebration?

17) Funny bones: Posada and his Day of the Dead calaveras

Author

Tonatiuh, Duncan

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"Tells the story of how the amusing calaveras--skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities--came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913) ... [and] have become synonymous with Mexicos Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival. Juxtaposing his own art with that of Lupe's, author Duncan Tonatiuh brings to light the ... life and work of a man whose art is beloved by many but whose name...

18) La catrina: vowels = vocales : a bilingual book of vowels

Author

Rodríguez, Patty

Series

Lil' Libros

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Introduce little ones to the vowels through the help of La Catrina in both English and Spanish! Get your candles and cempasúchil (marigold flowers) and prepare to decorate your altar! Inspired by one of the strongest icons of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) La Catrina introduces little ones to the vowels in both English and Spanish-and teaches them to recognize them by the sound they make!

19) Days of the dead

Author

Hamilton, Kersten

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"Glorieta Magdalena Davis Espinosa is happy that Papi married Alice. She's happy that he can smile again after years of mourning Mamá. But the urn containing Mamá's ashes disappeared into a drawer the day Alice moved in. If everything about Glorieta's life is going to change, then she wants one thing to go her way: She wants to hear stories about her mamá when the family gathers on the last night of los Días de los Muertos. And that can only happen...

20) La Catrina: numbers : numeros

Author

Rodríguez, Patty

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Introduce little ones to numbers and counting through the help of La Catrina in both English and Spanish! Count the days left until Dia de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead. La Catrina, dressed in her traditional clothes, will introduce little ones to numbers and their first English and Spanish words. Your child will count flores (flowers) on the altar, pan dulce (sweet bread) on a platter, and the rows of calaveras (skulls).