Family pictures : paintings and stories = Cuadros de familia : cuadros y relatos /
Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cactus, going to a fair in Mexico, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Children's Books Press,
c2005.
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| Edition: | 15th anniversary ed. |
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| Summary: | Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cactus, going to a fair in Mexico, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through fourteen vignettes of art and a descriptive narrative, each focusing on a different aspect of traditional Mexican American culture. The English-Spanish text and vivid illustrations reflect the author's strong sense of family and community. For Mexican Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and traditions. For others, this work offers insights into a beautifully rich community. The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas. |
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| Physical Description: | 30 p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 31 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0892392061 9780892392063 089239207X (pbk.) 9780892392070 (pbk.) |