The Festival of Bones / El Festival de Las Calaveras (Paperback)

from nmhale

The author of this book has won awards for his illustrations, and deservedly so. They are vibrant and humorous drawings that capture the spirit of Dia de los Muertos. Skeletons dance, sing, rush to get married; they are joyous and some are spooky, they are dressed in traditional clothing and prac...

from TexasBookLover

The Festival of Bones Luis San Vicente Cinco Puntos Press 978-1-941026-03-8 $7.95, 32 pgs The Festival of Bones, written and illustrated by Luis San Vicente, is The Little-Bitty Book for the Day of the Dead, a bilingual early reader, translated from the Spanish by John William Byrd and Bobby Byrd...

from JanaRose1

Mexico's Day of the Dead is a three day celebration where one's deceased loved ones are remembered and celebrated. At the end of the book there are suggestions for celebrating the Day of the Dead along with several recipes. Although I enjoyed the book and the illustrations, I think the skeletons ...

from Adrian.Gaytan

Festival of bones is about Dia De Los Muertos a holiday celebrated in Mexico and many communities in the states. Interesting enough people have the misconception it is a religious holiday. The event is based on the belief that we should remember all those important people in our lives, and so on ...

from yarb

Cute little guidebook (in Spanish verse with a clunky English translation) to the Day of the Dead, Mexican style.