India mon amour

Day of the Dead is a very important holiday in Latin America. It is sometimes incorrectly thought of as a morbid holiday, or a Mexican version of Halloween. While the word "dead" or "muertos" is in the name, this holiday is the way that the people of Mexico honor the lives of ancestors, celebrate the joy of life, and connect with their Mexican heritage. Young readers will enjoy the amazing, colorful photographs of the Day of the Dead celebration, and a supportive glossary helps expand their vocabularies along with their cultural awareness.

An internationally renowned Mexican-born professor of investigative linguistics shows the humorous side of indigenous America with a delightful array of some of the most complicated and often longest words in Nahau as an introduction to a very unique daily life, culture, and mindset.

Un recorrido por emociones y trastornos como la ansiedad, la depresión, la impotencia, el duelo... monstruos que viven con nosotros y con los que tenemos aprender a luchar o a convivir. Hay monstruos que viven con nosotros y con los que tenemos aprender a luchar o a convivir. Oscuro como mi corazón es abrir una ventana a otras vidas. A otras vidas y también a la nuestra: es un viaje a emociones y situaciones límite que podrían sucedernos a cualquiera de nosotros o que tal vez ya hayamos vivido. Porque hay monstruos que viven en nosotros y a menudo la única salida, nuestro único camino...

When her mother was worn out from caring for her five sisters, her father gave her lessons in brushwork and color. When polio kept her bedridden for nine months, drawing saved her from boredom. When a bus accident left her in unimaginable agony, her paintings expressed her pain and depression - and eventually, her joys and her loves. Over and over again, Frida Kahlo turned the challenges of her life into art. Now Jonah Winter and Ana Juan have drawn on both the art and the life to create a playful, insightful tribute to one of the twentieth century's most influential artists. Viva Frida!