Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia

Name: Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia
Brand: Books del Sur
SKU: 9780892392070
Price: 10.95 USD
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Family Pictures es la historia de la infancia de Carmen Lomas Garza: celebrando cumpleaños, haciendo tamales, encontrando un tiburón martillo en la playa, recogiendo cactus, yendo a una feria en México y confiando a su hermana sus sueños de convertirse en artista. Estas experiencias cotidianas se cuentan a través de catorce viñetas de arte y una narrativa descriptiva, cada una centrada en un aspecto diferente de la cultura tradicional mexicano-estadounidense.

English Description:

Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's childhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cacti, going to a fair in Mexico, and entrusting her sister with her dreams of becoming an artist. These everyday experiences are told through fourteen art vignettes and a descriptive narrative, each focusing on a different aspect of traditional Mexican-American culture.

Publishing Details

Author : Carmen Lomas Garza

Illustrator : Sandra Cisneros

Type of Spanish : Bilingual

Physical Details

Type of Book: Picture

Cover: Softcover

Year Published: 2013

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 3rd

Genre: Non-Fiction

Sub-Genre: Biography, Non-Fiction

Theme: Culture

Lesson Plan Link: Link