Author : Carmen Lomas Garza, Illustrator : Carmen Lomas Garza
Preschool - 2nd Grade
Cuadros de familia - Family Pictures
Cuadros
de familia - Family Pictures, Softcover, Bilingual, Book, Carmen Lomas Garza,
Carmen Lomas Garza, Preschool - 2nd
Grade,
9780892392070, $7.95 Out of Print :(
Cuadros de familia -
Family Pictures, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Carmen Lomas Garza,
Carmen Lomas Garza, Preschool - 2nd
Grade ,
9780892392063, $16.95 Out of Print :(
Pura Belpre Award
Honor Book in 1996 for Illustration
School
Library Journal "Best Books of the Year" Selection
American Library Association Notable Book
Library of Congress "Best Books of the Year" Selection
Recommended by the Elementary School Library Collection
Parent's Choice Noteworthy Book
"The pictures in this book are
painted from my memories of growing up in Kingsville, Texas, near the border
with Mexico . . . This is my book of family pictures." —Carmen Lomas
Garza
"Family Pictures" is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's
girlhood in Kingsville, Texas: 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 the traditional Mexican
American culture she experienced.
The Spanish-English text and vivid illustrations reflect the author's strong
sense of family and community and demonstrate how her mother's love and hard
work helped Carmen achieve her dream. For the hundreds of thousands of Mexican
Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and
cultural traditions. For other, this beautiful work will offer insights into a
fascinating life and a rich community.
For over a decade the images and stories in Family Pictures have
sparked the imaginations of children and adults alike. To honor and celebrate
the impact this book has had on children, their families, teachers, and
librarians, Children’s Book press is proud to release Family Pictures:
15th Anniversary Edition/Cuadros de Familia: Edición Quinceañera
This stunning new edition includes:
An introduction by literary luminary Sandra Cisneros
A new painting and accompanying narrative text
Completely new design and layout
Larger trim size (9 1/2" x 11 1/2")
An afterword by children’s author and education advocate Pat Mora
Carmen Lomas Garza is one of the foremost Mexican American painters. Her books
published by Children's Book Press, including "Family Pictures /
Cuadros de familia"; "In My Family / En mi familia";
"Magic Windows / Ventanas mágicas" and "Making
Magic Windows: Creating Papel Picado / Cut-Paper Art with Carmen Lomas
Garza," gained wide recognition for accurately and lovingly portraying
the Mexican American community. The awards Carmen Lomas Garza has received for
these books include the 2000 Pura Belpré Award from the American Library
Association; the 1996 Américas Award; the 1996 Tomás Rivera Mexican American
Children's Book Award; and inclusion on the 1998 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master
List Selection.
Ms. Lomas' work, including her paintings and papel picado (cut-paper art), is
exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad,
including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and a Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D.C. She lives in San Francisco, California.
Listen to Vienna Rose read Family Pictures to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.
"..this reissue is a must for schools and libraries that want to celebrate this gem's 15-year anniversary along with its author." —CRITICAS
Publishers Weekly :
Today, with her family's continuous support, courage and dedication, Carmen
Garza's hopes for a brilliant future as an artist have become a reality. In
gratitude to those who helped her achieve this goal, Mexican-American Garza has
generously afforded readers a glimpse of her cherished childhood in a poor rural
Hispanic community. Her daily activities and fond memories are related in
paintings that celebrate birthdays, making tamales and finding a hammerhead
shark on the beach. The vibrant, canvaslike illustrations, accentuated with
"papel picado"--images on the text pages--evoke powerful feelings of
Garza's love for family and community despite the hardships she encountered
while growing up. Readers of various ethnic origins should use this exemplary
bilingual book as a litmus test for exploring diversities of multicultural
lifestyles; Family Pictures will shed some much-needed light on society's
cultural barriers. Ages 6-12.
School Library Journal : Grade 1-4-- An inspired celebration of American
cultural diversity in English and Spanish. Lomas Garza presents a charming
series of paintings while relating remembrances of her childhood in Kingsville,
Texas, near the Mexican border. The brilliantly colored images teem with life
and exude the glow of nostalgia. Lomas Garza's vignettes are similar in their
primitive folk style to those of Grandma Moses. Whether it's the family eating
watermelon on the porch, Grandfather taking a skinned rabbit into the kitchen
for dinner, or a dead hammerhead shark on the beach, each moment is fully
captured in all its freshness and immediacy. The English text is simple and
reads smoothly, but it is Zubizarreta's Spanish rendition that has real verve
and style. From the exquisite cut-paper images on the text pages, to the
brilliant paintings, to the strong family bonds expressed in the text, Family
Pictures/Cuadros de familia is a visual feast, and an aural delight. --Ann
Welton, University Child Development School, Seattle
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of
print or unavailable edition of this title.
Parents Choice : This is the illustrator and storyteller's bilingual memoir of
growing up in Texas, fully immersed in her family's Mexican traditions. The
illustrations are painted in a flat, naïve style, bringing out the details of
celebrations and everyday activities from cakewalk scholarship fundraisers to
visits from the curandera to eating watermelon on the porch on a hot
summer evening. There is always a mix of ages and generations, emphasizing
activities all members of a family enjoy in their own ways. Lomas Garza explains
the paintings, supplying additional information, making this book an
introduction to the artistic process as well as a family history.
"..this reissue
is a must for schools and libraries that want to celebrate this gem's 15-year
anniversary along with its author."
—CRITICAS
"A beautiful book distinguished by the clean, crisp style and bright,
harmonious colors of its art."
—Kirkus Reviews
"An honest portrayal of a culture rarely seen in children's books, and
every page offers a lot to look at."
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Look again, and again, and again—for the haphazard detail of these
loving snapshots emerges slowly, and is worth searching for."
—Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Family Pictures is a must for any upper-elementary study of Mexican
American culture and a wonderful addition to theme studies of home, family, or
community in the primary grades."
—The Reading Teacher
"This book is refreshing and uplifting, an inspiration to readers about the
true meaning of caring for others …the book deserves a wide audience."
—MultiCultural Review
Bilingual
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