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Family pictures, paintings and stories = Cuadros de familia : cuadros y relatos, Carmen Lomas Garza ; [Spanish translation, Rosalma Zubizarreta]

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Family pictures

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Carmen Lomas Garza ; [Spanish translation, Rosalma Zubizarreta]

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 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

juvenile

Cuadros de familia