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Books : Children's Books : People & Places : Family Life : Multigenerational : Nonfiction
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Following the best-selling Family Pictures, In My Family/En mi familia is Carmen Lomas Garza's continuing tribute to the family and community that shaped her childhood and her life. Lomas Garza's vibrant paintings and warm personal stories depict memories of growing up in the traditional Mexican-American community of her hometown of Kingsville, Texas.
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Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: 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 traditional Mexican American culture.
The English-Spanish text and vivid illustrations reflect the author's strong sense of family and community. For Mexican Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and traditions. For others, this work offers insights into a beautifully rich community.
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From the perspective of the young adult he was then, Francisco Jiménez
describes the challenges he faced in his efforts to continue his education.
During his college years, the very family solidarity that allowed Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family behind when he goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico. This is the story of how Francisco coped with poverty, with his guilt over leaving his family financially strapped, with his self-doubt about succeeding academically, and with separation. Once again his telling is honest, true, and inspiring.
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For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
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This book is suitable for ages 4+. All children want the reassurance that their parents' love runs deep and wide. Through blinking lights, a 'music box' song, enchanting illustrations and whimsical rhyming descriptions, this book captures all the fun ways in which parents can describe their love and implant it into their children's heart. By inserting your child's picture in the back, this book becomes his or her personal love letter. When you sit down, cuddle and read this book together, it will become your child's most special moment.
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With compelling illustrations by artist Susan Winget this marvelous gift book brings the immortal words of Francis Scott Key to life. This handsome volume includes full lyrics, a short history of The Star Spangled Banner and a mini-CD of a rivating version of the song sung by New York Firefighter Dennis Gonzales - one of the most popular renditions of this powerful song.
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Following the successful model of Me on the Map, Sweeney demystifies an abstract concept by presenting it from a child's point of view. In Me and My Family Tree, a young girl uses simple language, her own childlike drawings, and diagrams to explain how the members of her family are related to each other and to her. Clear, colorful, detailed artwork and a fill-in family tree in the back help make the parts of the family--from
siblings to grandparents to cousins--
understandable to very young readers.
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When James Warhola was a little boy, his father, the local junkman, always had the urge to make something interesting out of junk. And when they drove to New York City to visit Uncle Andy, James and his family were truly amazed by how the most ordinary of everyday things can inspire art. Offering a unique perspective on Andy Warhol, James recounts the wackiness of visiting Uncle Andy—waking up to towers of soup boxes and playing hide-and-go-seek with twenty-five cats, all named Sam! But even more important, James shares how he learned about beauty and art from an innovative master.
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Grandpa is much more than just the patriarch of the family. Whether he's keeping time during a race, building the perfect toy, turning the pages while you play your music, or just warming your hands, there are many reasons why a grandfather is great. Breaking traditional stereotypes, this book encourages children to images their grandfather in a host of contemporary situations: grandpas as chefs, nurses, and cheerleaders.
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America the Beautiful features the full text of Katherine Lee Bates' classic song as well as a CD featuring Ray Charles' stirring rendition of America the Beautiful. With illustrations by Susan Winge, this casebound illustrated book is an ideal gift for adults and children alike. America the Beautiful is a handsome addition to any booklover's collection.
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A companion to the best-selling Mama, Do You Love Me? and Papa, Do You Love Me?, this beautiful book captures the unique bond that exists between grandmother and grandchild. Set in Hawaii, the vibrant watercolor illustrations and lyrical text combine to capture the lush landscapes and unique traditions of Hawaiian culture, while at the same time conveying a universal message. Sure to be another instant classic.
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Grandma is much more than just the matriarch of the family. Whether she's keeping time during a race, building the perfect toy, turning the pages while you play your music, or just warming your hands, there are many reasons why a grandmother is great. Breaking traditional stereotypes, this book encourages children to images their grandmother in a host of contemporary situations: grandmas as sports enthusiasts, yoga instructors, and e-pals.
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Spending time with Grandpa is the best! His granddaughter especially loves to hear his stories. Grandpa has magical explanations for ordinary things—a frosty windowpane, dewdrops sparkling on the grass, even his own bald head—and Grandpa never lies. Whimsical humor and deep feeling are skillfully layered together in this touching, lyrical account of a grandpa and a granddaughter who love and trust each other.
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A Laos woman recounts her family's wartime displacement, during which she was forced to flee to a refugee camp in Thailand and remain away from her home for four years, in a story that is illustrated by a lavish Vietnamese story cloth.
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Illustrations and rhyming text describe the special bond between grandparents and their grandchildren.
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Deedy's family emigrated to the U.S. during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, and Carmen grew up in Decatur, Georgia. She combines the rich traditions of both the Southern culture and her Latin American heritage in a blend of delightful stories. Side A--English. Side B--Spanish.