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• Miguel and the Amazing Alebrijes

  Rivera-Ashford, Roni Capin,

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• Alebrijes

  Higuera, Donna Barba,

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  When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ABeCedarios

  Mexican Folk Art ABCs in Spanish and English

  Weill, Cynthia

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  This illustrated book for children introduces the alphabet, using painted wooden sculptures of animals made by the Jimenez family, descendents of Manuel Jimenez from Oaxaca, one of the founders of this type of folk art.

• Coco

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• Animal Talk

  Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish

  Weill, Cynthia,

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  Animals living in one country don't always talk the same language as animals from somewhere else. Take a rooster, for instance. In English-speaking countries, he says cock-a-doodle-doo when he has a notion to announce himself or to greet the dawn.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miguel and the Grand Harmony

  de la Peña, Matt,

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  This picture book pairs Newbery Winner Matt de la Pea and Pixar artist Ana Ram rez with the Pixar Studios film, Coco. Featuring a beautiful original story based on the characters of the film, as well as vibrant stylized artwork, this title is sure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miguel y la gran armonía

  de la Peña, Matt,

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• Coco | Saint Paul Public Library | BiblioCommons

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  Coco — Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art

  From the Collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex

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  The art depicted in this book is by contemporary craftspeople working in Mexican villages and cities. There are 180 examples of remarkable works made in clay, vegetable fibres, wood, metal, textiles and stone; they represent a range of talents found…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infinitas Gracias

  Contemporary Mexican Votive Painting

  Roque, Alfredo Vilchis

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  Infinitas Gracias is the first collection of the work of Alfredo Vilchis Roque, one of Mexico's most famous contemporary painters, and his sons. In the tradition of Catholic votives, each painting tells a miraculous tale and gives thanks to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ceramic Trees of Life

  Popular Art From Mexico

  Mulryan, Lenore Hoag

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  Lavishly illustrated with stunning examples and magnificent field shots, this volume traces the Tree of Life from its pre-Colombian origins to its role as a vibrant symbol of the modern nation of Mexico Tucked among their branches, the elaborate and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hummingbird's Daughter

  A Novel

  Urrea, Luis Alberto

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  When sixteen-year-old Teresita, the illegitimate daughter of a late-nineteenth-century rancher, arises from death possessing the power to heal, she is declared a saint and finds her faith tested by the impending Mexican civil war.

• Gods of Jade and Shadow

  a Novel

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  From the author of breakout novel "Mexican Gothic," "Gods of Jade and Shadow" is a dark fairy tale inspired by folklore is set against the Jazz age in Mexico's underworld, where a young dreamer is sent by the Mayan God of Death on a life-changing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dioses de jade y sombra

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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• The Murmur of Bees

  Segovia, Sofía,

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  From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel—her first to be translated into English—about a mysterious child with the power to change a family’s history in a country on the verge of revolution.

• Maria, Maria

  and Other Stories

  Rubio, Marytza K.,

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  For fans of Kali Fajardo-Anstine and Lesley Nneka Arimah, a darkly funny and imaginative debut conjuring tales of Mexican American mystics and misfits.

• Woman of Light

  a Novel

  Fajardo-Anstine, Kali,

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  In 1930s Denver, Luz "Little Light" Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, begins having visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory where she must save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion.

• The House of Broken Angels

  a Novel

  Urrea, Luis Alberto,

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  Across one bittersweet weekend in their San Diego neighborhood, revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of family patriarch Miguel "Big Angel" De La Cruz and his mother, and recounting the many tales that have passed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witches of El Paso

  Jaramillo, Luis,

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  A lawyer and her elderly great-aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost child in this riveting multigenerational tale of magic, sisterhood, and borders spanning centuries--from modern-day El Paso, to the 1940s, to 18th century colonial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Alejandra

  Castro, V.,

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  Struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her, Alejandra discovers she, like the women in her family before her, is being haunted by La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican Legend, and must summon everything she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation