Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jim?nez, Daughter of the Nahua - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gloria Amescua, Duncan TonatiuhAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2021-08-17Pages:48
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harry N. AbramsISBN-13:9781419740206ISBN-10:1419740202UPC:9781419740206Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, People & PlacesBook Topic:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Mexico, ArtAward:2022 Pura Belpre Award Honor Book - Author AwardSize:10.10 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCE98ZB6Q6
Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical picture book biography of an Indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's culture through modeling for famous artists. A 2022 Pura Belpré Award Author Honor Book She was Luz Jiménez,
child of the flower-song people,
the powerful Aztec,
who called themselves Nahua--
who lost their land but who did not disappear. As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. By the fire at night, she listened to stories of her community's joys, suffering, and survival, and wove them into her heart.
child of the flower-song people,
the powerful Aztec,
who called themselves Nahua--
who lost their land but who did not disappear. As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. By the fire at night, she listened to stories of her community's joys, suffering, and survival, and wove them into her heart.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harry N. AbramsISBN-13:9781419740206ISBN-10:1419740202UPC:9781419740206Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, People & PlacesBook Topic:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Mexico, ArtAward:2022 Pura Belpre Award Honor Book - Author AwardSize:10.10 x 9.20 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCE98ZB6Q6
Gloria Amescua is an educator, poet, and children's book writer. She was awarded Lee & Low's 2016 New Voices Honor Award for her manuscript about Luz Jiménez and was named a finalist for the Austin Chapter Cynthia Leitich Smith Mentorship Award and We Need Diverse Books' mentorship program. This is her debut picture book. Duncan Tonatiuh's books have won numerous awards: Diego Rivera won the Pura Belpré Illustration Award; Pancho Rabbit won two Pura Belpré Honor awards, for illustration and narrative; Separate Is Never Equal won the prestigious Sibert Honor Award; and Funny Bones won the Sibert Award. He lives in Mexico.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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🏆 2022 Pura Belpre Award Honor Book - Author Award
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