Day of the Dead combines the ancient Aztec custom of celebrating ancestors with All Souls' Day, a holiday that Spanish invaders brought to Mexico starting in the early 1500s.
Occasionally I get asked for books in Spanish because we have some Spanish speaking families and because Spanish is taught in the primary classes.
Some Roman Catholics celebrate All Souls' Day, the day after All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day)which is the day after All Hallows' Eve (or Halloween). The Year 1s at my school used to do a unit of inquiry which looked at celebrations and festivals around the world. For this reason I purchased these books for the library. We already had some general celebrations books where these days were mentioned but these added some stories.
• The Day of the Dead by Bob Barner (English and Spanish)
• Barrette: A Kite for the Day of the Dead by Elisa Armado Our version is in English)
• Felipa and the Day of the Dead by Birte Muller
• Gustavo, the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
• Clatter Bash! A Day of the Dead Celebration by Richard Keep
You could also add this new book
• Our Day of the Dead Celebration by Ana Aranda
or the one Duncan Tonatiuh has doing for publication next year
• Dia de Muertos: Numeros: A Day of the Dead Counting Book
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