Family Pictures: Cuadros de Familia (Bilingual English/Spanish)

by Carmen Garza (Author) Carmen Lomas Garza (Illustrator)

Family Pictures: Cuadros de Familia (Bilingual English/Spanish)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
In this Pura Belpré Honor-winning book, Carmen Lomas Garza tells the story of her childhood growing up in Kingsville, TX.


Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood in Kingsville, Texas: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, picking cactus, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through fifteen paintings and stories, each focusing on a different aspect of Carmen's traditional Mexican American culture growing up.

The paintings and stories 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 others, this beautiful work will offer insights into a fascinating life and a rich community.


En este libro ganador de Pura Belpré Honor, Carmen Lomas Garza cuenta la historia de su infancia en Kingsville, TX.

Family Pictures es la historia de la niñez de Carmen Lomas Garza en Kingsville, Texas: celebrando cumpleaños, haciendo tamales, recogiendo cactus y confiándole a su hermana sus sueños de convertirse en artista. Estas experiencias cotidianas se cuentan a través de quince pinturas e historias, cada una de las cuales se enfoca en un aspecto diferente de la cultura tradicional mexicoamericana de Carmen mientras crecía.

Las pinturas y las historias reflejan el fuerte sentido de familia y comunidad de la autora y demuestran cómo el amor y el arduo trabajo de su madre ayudaron a Carmen a lograr su sueño. Para los cientos de miles de mexicoamericanos, Carmen Lomas Garza ofrece un libro que refleja sus vidas y tradiciones culturales. Para otros, este hermoso trabajo ofrecerá información sobre una vida fascinante y una comunidad rica.


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Carmen Garza

Carmen Lomas Garza is one of the most prominent Mexican American painters working today. Born and raised in Texas, she now lives in San Francisco, California. Her paintings have traveled all over the United States and Mexico in numerous exhibitions. Visit her website at carmenlomasgarza.com.

Pat Mora is the celebrated Latina author of forty award-winning children's poetry and prose picture books. A lifelong literacy advocate, she founded Children's Day, Book Day (El día de los niños, el día de los libros) to celebrate children and motivate them to become readers with daily support from families, teachers, and librarians and annual festivities on April 30. Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit her online at patmora.com.

Classification
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ISBN-13
9780892392070
Lexile Measure
660
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Children's Book Press (CA)
Publication date
April 20, 2013
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Social life and customs
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic American families
Kingsville (Tex.)

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