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Te recuerdo (Remembering)

Illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia / Translated by Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz

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About The Book

Una niña y su familia recuerdan a su querido perro mascota a través de las tradiciones del Día de Muertos en este conmovedor y brillante libro ilustrado del equipo ganador del premio Pura Belpré compuesto de Xelena González y Adriana M. Garcia.

Una niña y su familia observan las costumbres del Día de los Angelitos, una de las celebraciones del ritual del Día de Muertos, para celebrar la vida de su amado perro que falleció. Construyen una ofrenda conmovedora para ayudar a llevar el alma de la mascota a casa y ayudarle a esta persona pequeña a procesar su duelo en este conmovedor recordatorio de que nuestros seres queridos nunca se han ido realmente si nos tomamos el tiempo para recordarlos.

About The Author

Photograph by Xelena González

Xelena González is the author of the award-winning picture books All Around Us and Where Wonder Grows, as well as Remembering, all illustrated by longtime friend Adriana M. Garcia. She is a poet, storyteller, essayist, and creator of the curative card deck Lotería Remedios. Visit her at Xelena.Space.

About The Illustrator

Adriana M. Garcia is the Pura Belpré Award-winning illustrator of All Around Us, which was also an American Indian Youth Literature Honor, and Where Wonder Grows. She also illustrated The Turquoise Room by Monica Brown and Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor–winning Remembering by longtime friend and collaborator Xelena González. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her family. Visit her online AdrianaMJGarcia.com.

Why We Love It

“This book brings me to tears with every read. Xelena González’s tender, accessible prose combined with Adriana Garcia’s absolutely incredible art shows that death is ultimately a celebration of life and remembering the loved ones we’ve lost can be both simultaneously heartbreaking and cathartic.”

—Celia L., Executive Editor, on Remembering

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (August 6, 2024)
  • Length: 40 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781665950350
  • Ages: 4 - 8

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