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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...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 149
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Aldens are visiting friends for a big Dia de los Muertos celebration. The kids love learning about the holiday and helping out - that is until mysterious events threaten to ruin everyone's preparations. Can the Aldens figure out what's going on and help their friends save the celebration?
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Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Citlali is excited to celebrate the Day of the Dead with her family! But first, she needs to find the perfect way to represent her grandmother on her school's ofrenda. This illustrated story follows Citlali as she searches for the perfect offering for her grandmother and celebrates the Day of the Dead with her family - giving young readers a glimpse of the festivities and traditions associated with this important holiday.
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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Cristina está entusiasmada por celebrar el Día de los Muertos con su hermano Carlos y su familia. Los lectores jóvenes pueden seguir mientras todos se preparan para recordar a sus seres queridos que ya no están con ellos.
Publisher
[Distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Los gatos black on Halloween: The monsters crowd the haunted hall. Los monstrous throw a monstrous ball; The little old lady who was not afraid of anything: Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard... clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap. And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life!; The day of the...
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"El Día de Muertos es un día feliz. Es un día en el cual la familia reunida cuenta historias y ríe. Hay platillos favoritos por cocinar y poemas por escribir para los difuntos, y lo más importante: memorias por evocar. Ningún familiar es olvidado, porque este es el día en el que los muertos vienen a visitar a los vivos -- y en este día festivo, es casi como si estuvieran sentados a nuestro lado mientras celebramos las cosas que los hicieron...
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Publisher
Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
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.
Hace mucho tiempo, en lo que se llamaría México, mientras Mamá Alma y su nieta, Bella, recuerdan momentos...
Publisher
BuzzPop
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Miguel's love of music and desire to prove his talent sees him transported to the Land of the Dead where he meets the trickster Hector, and the two embark on a journey to meet Ernesto de la Cruz who holds the key to Miguel's family history.
Cuando Miguel rasguea la guitarra de la tumba del músico Ernesto de la Cruz, se queda detenido en la Tierra de los Muertos. El encantador bromista Héctor acompaña a Miguel en su misión de regresar a la Tierra...
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Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"I love pan de muerto, " Joaquín says as he and his mother sit down to eat the special Mexican sweet bread prepared especially for the Day of the Dead. But someone knocks at the door just as they are about to take the first bite of the pastry. Standing at the door is a hungry skeleton dressed in a mariachi suit who offers to sing Joaquín and his mother a song in exchange for just one itsy bitsy little bite of the sweet bread. It seems like a fair...
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