The Day of the Dead: A Mexican-American Celebration
Grade 3-6-The text of this attractive photo essay alternates between the personal narrative of a set of Mexican-American twins observing the Day of the Dead and an informational, social-studies text. The history of the Mexican holiday is covered in detail, as is its American adaptation. The excellent-quality, full-color photographs, drawings, and cut-paper illustrations are well placed and appealing; they do a fine job of capturing the familial nature of the celebration. Hoyt-Goldsmith provides a good deal of background, making Day of the Dead a solid report source. George Ancona's Pablo Remembers (Lothrop, 1993) has a stronger, more straightforward narrative, making it the title of choice on this topic, but libraries serving Hispanic communities will certainly want copies of both books.Ann Welton, Terminal Park Elementary School, Auburn, WACopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.