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Dance of the Eggshells
Carla Aragon
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Description for Dance of the Eggshells
A bilingual children's story that explores the family bond created through traditions passed on by grandparents. Illustrator(s): Saville, Kathleen Dee. Translator(s): Aragon, Socorro; Gonzales, George. Num Pages: 32 pages, 31 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AG; YBCS. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 223 x 261 x 9. Weight in Grams: 368.
Libby and her older brother, J.D., don't get along, and their relationship is tested in an unexpected way when they visit their grandparents in Santa Fe. It's the week after Easter and Grandma Socorro is eager to share a cultural tradition with her grandchildren - the Baile de los Cascarones, the Dance of the Eggshells. Although both children are skeptical, Libby soon immerses herself in carefully emptying and rinsing the cascarones or eggshells, then filling them with brightly colored confetti. As Libby decorates them, Grandma Socorro tells her about the Spanish tradition. At the Baile de los Cascarones, people ask ... Read more
Libby and her older brother, J.D., don't get along, and their relationship is tested in an unexpected way when they visit their grandparents in Santa Fe. It's the week after Easter and Grandma Socorro is eager to share a cultural tradition with her grandchildren - the Baile de los Cascarones, the Dance of the Eggshells. Although both children are skeptical, Libby soon immerses herself in carefully emptying and rinsing the cascarones or eggshells, then filling them with brightly colored confetti. As Libby decorates them, Grandma Socorro tells her about the Spanish tradition. At the Baile de los Cascarones, people ask ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826347701
SKU
V9780826347701
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About Carla Aragon
Carla Aragon is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who spent thirty-five years in broadcasting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California. This is the first of many bilingual children's books she hopes to write on her family traditions. Kathleen Dee Saville is a former art teacher in the Iowa City and Albuquerque public schools. She is also a musician, singer, ... Read more
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