Author/Illustrator: Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
Genre: Caldecott
Age Group: 1st - 3rd
Summary:
This story takes Ceci through the nine days before Christmas. Throughout the story, it integrates Spanish and English showing that the main character's family is Hispanic. Ceci is excited because her family is going to have a "posadas" which is a special Christmas party and they will have 9. The first one will be at her house. She is so excited! Her mother lets her plan it. The story then changes to her and her mom shopping with their aunt. She wants a pinata but the mom says to wait and see. It is later revealed that her mom takes her back to get a pinata for the party. She gets to pick it out and is so excited. The book then transitions to the next morning, the morning of posada! She is helping her mother prep for it, adding the candy to the pinata helping decorate the house and backyard. It ends with her and a friend in the backyard wondering why no one could break the pinata. They believe it is magical.
I could use this book to talk about the different illustrations, and how illustrators use different mediums and patterns. In this book specifically, the illustrator uses a pop of color on certain things, like people, to have them stand out. I would use this in a first through third-grade classroom because they are more observant and aware of details around this age.
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