En mi familia, Del Sol Books

Author : Carmen Lomas Garza, Illustrator : Carmen Lomas Garza
1st Grade - 4th Grade

En mi familia - In My Family

En mi familia - In My Family, Softcover, Bilingual, Book, Carmen Lomas Garza, Carmen Lomas Garza, 1st Grade - 4th Grade, 9780892391639, # 7018s, $7.95
En mi familia - In My Family, Hardcover, Bilingual, Book, Carmen Lomas Garza, Carmen Lomas Garza, 1st Grade - 4th Grade, 9780892391387, # 7018h, $16.95

1997 Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award
1997 Pura Belpré Honor Award from the American Library Association
1997—1998 Texas Bluebonnet Master List
1997 Skipping Stones Book Award Winner
Hungry Mind Review "Children's Books of Distinction" Award
1997 International Reading Association Notable Books for a Global Society Choice
1996 Américas Picture Book Award

In her eagerly awaited second book for children, Carmen Lomas Garza takes us once again to her hometown in Kingsville, Texas, near the border with Mexico. Through her vibrant paintings and personal stories, Carmen brings to life more loving memories of growing up in a traditional Mexican American community: eating empanadas, witnessing the blessing on her cousin's wedding day, and dancing to the conjunto band at the neighborhood restaurant. If you loved her first book, Family Pictures, you'll love sharing more of the stories and images that remain so vividly in Carmen's memory, and that have influenced so much of her art. In My Family is the author's second book of family pictures, a continuing tribute to the loving family and community that shaped her childhood—and her life.

Listen to Vienna Rose read In My Family to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.

"The style and color of the illustrations . . . . augment the sympathetic tone and gentle insight of this album-like book . . . a handsome sequel to Family Pictures."
     —The Horn Book Magazine

Ages 6-10. Without the cut-paper accent images but otherwise in the same format as her first book, Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia (1990), Lomas Garza uses her narrative paintings to relate her memories of growing up in Kingsville, Texas, near the Mexican border, and to reflect her pride in her Mexican American heritage. The artist portrays everyday events as well as special moments of family history in crisply colorful, vibrantly peopled paintings and provides brief, bilingual background stories for each of the 13 paintings. Another sparkling family album that lovingly shares the artist's memories of the Hispanic cultural experience as lived in the Southwest.

"After taking in this collection of childhood glimpses, one is left with an overwhelming feeling of the artist's love for her strong Mexican American extended family and community."
     —San Francisco Chronicle

"A beautiful picture book lavishly illustrated by the Texas artist's paintings of family life trimmed with papel picado."
     —Hispanic Magazine

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