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Eric is a newly minted historian just out of graduate school, plagued by self-doubt over both his past choices and his future options. With no clear direction, he follows his lover, Em, when she travels to the Yucatan for her scientific research, but ends up alone in this foreign place. And so he pursues his own private quest, tracing his family's history to a Mexican ghost town, where, a hundred years earlier, young Cornish miners-among them Eric's...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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In the Andes Mountains, Felipa misses her grandmother (Abuelita) and goes in search of her soul, only to find the celebrations of the Day of the Dead to be the perfect way to feel close to Abuelita again.
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A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year...
8) Ghost wings
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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While celebrating the Days of the Dead, a young Mexican girl remembers her wonderful grandmother who sang songs, made tortillas, chased monsters away, and loved butterflies.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
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Upon the death of her beloved Tio Urbano, who has taught her that monarch butterflies are the souls of the dead, young Lupita gains a deeper understanding of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, as it is observed in rural Mexico. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and facts about the Day of the Dead.
10) Remembering
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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"On Día de los Muertos, a family prepares an ofrenda for their favorite furry family member, remembering all the ways that their beloved pet brought love and comfort to their lives"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Rhyming text presents traditions used to celebrate the Day of the Dead. Graveyard skeletons shake, rattle, and roll in this spirited Day of the Dead celebration featuring bold and colorful cut-paper illustrations. A two-page illustrated afterword gives factual information about el Dia de los Muertos, the reverent but fun celebration honoring relatives who have passed on, and the special rituals, images, foods, and customs associated with this joyful...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Justo cuando Joaq̕un y su madre es̀tn a punto de disfrutar su pan de muerto en el ̕Da de los Muertos, llega un esqueleto que ofrece tocar {250}msica a cambio de un pequęo bocado.
Just as Joaquin and his mother are about to enjoy their pan de muerto on the Day of the Dead, a skeleton arrives offering to play music in exchange for one tiny bite.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Catrina, a Mexican skeleton, searches for just the right outfit to wear to a Day of the Dead dance in this bilingual picture book for children ages 5-8"--
Catrina, un esqueleto mexicano, busca el atuendo adecuado para usar en un baile del Día de Muertos en este libro ilustrado bilingüe para niños de 5 a 8 años.
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Canticos volume 5
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12, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 x 21 cm.
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Book five in the Canticos series of bilingual nursery rhymes - perfect for Halloween and Day of the Dead. Little Skeletons / Esqueletitos is a Day of the Dead-themed take on the traditional Latin American song Los Esqueletitos (Calaveras) Salen de la Tumba, with art inspired by the famous Mexican Calavera woodcut prints. -- Amazon.com.
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Long ago in what would come to be called Mexico, as Mama Alma and her granddaughter, Bella, recall happy times while walking in the garden they have tended together since Bella was a baby, Mama Alma asks that after she is gone her family remember her on one special day each year. Includes facts about The Remembering Day, El dia de los muertos.
20) Ghosts
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Catrina and her family move to Bahía de la Luna, a small town on the Northern California coast, hoping that the cool, salty air will help her little sister, Maya, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Cat is not happy about leaving her friends, and becomes even more upset about the move when a neighbor informs the sisters that the town is inhabited by ghosts, and that Dia de los Muertos -- a time of year when ghosts reunite with their loved ones -- is...
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