Abuelos - Pat Mora - Books - Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada - 9781554981021 - April 21, 2011
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Abuelos Spanish-Language edition

Pat Mora

Abuelos Spanish-Language edition

In this delightful story two young children, Ray and Amelia, discover an old New Mexican tradition -- 'los abuelos' -- for the first time.

Long ago, in the cold midwinter of Northern New Mexico, village men would go up into the mountains, disguise themselves as scary old men and then go down to the village to see who had been good and who had been bad. The villagers would gather around huge bonfires, or luminarias, where the abuelos -- wearing masks and covered with soot -- would tease the children and then have them sing or dance around the fire. Afterwards everyone would enjoy a party with traditional treats such as bizcochitos (anise cookies) and empanadas (turnovers with sweet fillings).

This midwinter masquerade, which contains elements of Spanish and indigenous Pueblo culture, as well as sharing features common to solstice celebrations in other parts of the world, died out in New Mexico for a time, but has been revived in recent years.


32 pages, Color illustrations throughout

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 21, 2011
ISBN13 9781554981021
Publishers Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Pages 32
Dimensions 222 × 273 × 3 mm   ·   155 g
Language Spanish  
Illustrator Carling, Amelia Lau

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