Cinco de Mayo: Day of Mexican Pride (First Facts: Holidays and Culture)
Grade 1-3 Simple, to the point explanations are given for each holiday, including a brief history of why it is celebrated and the attendant customs. Back matter includes an Amazing Holiday Story! and a craft a paper-bag piñata inCinco de Mayoand paper flowers inDay of the Dead. Full-color photographs appear on each spread.Deadstates that people celebrate on November 1 and 2 with no explanation of the difference between All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. These titles will work with beginning readers and as introductions to these holidays. Ann Heinrich'sDía de Los Muertos(The Child's World, 2006) with watercolor art, Julie Murray'sCinco de Mayo(ABDO, 2005), and Carol Gnojewski'sDay of the Dead(Enslow, 2005) cover similar territory for the same reading level.Sandra Welzenbach, Villarreal Elementary School, San Antonio, TXCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theLibrary Bindingedition.