Nueve Dias Para Navidad

Un Cuento de Mexico

Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida, Marie Hall Ets

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Dover Children's
01 November 2018

"Generations of readers have treasured this 1960 Caldecott Medal winner and its tale of a little Mexican girl's excitement at the approach of Christmas. Ceci eagerly awaits Las Posadas, the traditional nine-day series of yuletide celebrations. This year she'll lead the candlelight procession that reenacts Mary and Joseph's trek to Bethlehem. Meanwhile, Mother takes her to the old marketplace to choose her very first pinata. Ceci is dazzled by the colourful array of options, and after making her choice has second thoughts about the fate of her pinata once the posada takes place.

Graced by evocative illustrations, this international holiday classic is now available in a lovely hardcover edition. ""The youngest child will be completely transported by this story,"" noted The Atlantic, and readers of all ages will be charmed by the child's-eye view of Mexican culture.

AGES: 6 to 10

AUTHORS: Marie Hall Ets (18951984) wrote and illustrated 22 children's books and nonfiction books. She won the Caldecott Medal in 1960 for Nine Days to Christmas. Ets' coauthor, Aurora Labastida, was the children's librarian at the U.S. Embassy's Benjamin Franklin Library in Mexico City."

By: Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida
Illustrated by: Marie Hall Ets
Imprint: Dover Children's
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 285mm, Width: 218mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9780486829296
ISBN 10: 0486829294
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Recommended Age: From 6 to 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Marie Hall Ets (1895–1984) escribió e ilustró 22 libros infantiles y libros de no ficción. Nacio en Winsconsin, se graduó de New York School of Fine and Applied Art, el precursor de Parson School of Design, y comenzó su carrera como artista de bocetos para diseñadores de interiores. Su participación en obras de caridad durante la primera guerra mundial la inspiró a emprender obras sociales, y después de obtener un título de la Universidad de Chicago, se despeño como defensora de los niños de la Cruz Roja y otras agencias. Sus libros han recibido muchos premios, incluyendo cinco honores Caldecott y la medalla Caldecott en 1960 por Nueva Días para Navidad. Aurora Labastida fue bibliotecaria infantil en la Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en la ciudad de México. A Labastida le molestaba la depicción, comunmente vista en libros infantiles, del mexicano con poncho andando en burro, especialemente por que muchos mexicanos viven en ciudades. Juntas, Labastida y Ets crearon una historia que no solo representa una infancia urbana mexicana, sino que también transmite la magia universal de la Navidad.