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Día de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on where it is being celebrated.

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  • Describes the Day of the Dead Holiday. The description includes why it is celebrated and who celebrates the holiday.
    Book, 2018Minneapolis, MN : Bellwether Media, [2018] — jE394.266 GRA
  • A traves de los ojos del alma, Dia de Muertos en Mexico. Oaxaca

    Through the eyes of the soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico. Oaxaca

    Andrade, Mary J.
    Presents a heavily illustrated look at the elaborate preparations and rituals held in honor of the Day of the Dead in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
    Book, 1996San Jose, Calif. : La Oferta Review Newspaper, c1996. — SP 394.26 ANDRA
  • Clatter Bash!

    a Day of the Dead Celebration

    Keep, Richard Cleminson
    Rhyming text presents traditions used to celebrate the Day of the Dead.
    Book, 2004Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, 2004. — JP-KEEP (DAY OF THE DEAD)
  • On the Path of Marigolds

    Living Traditions of México's Day of the Dead = En El Camino De Los Cempasúchitles : Tradiciones Vivas Del Día De Los Muertos De México

    Murdy, Ann,
    Photographer Ann Murdy has been documenting the celebrations around Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) in Mexico for more than twenty years.
    Book, 2019Staunton, Virginia : George F. Thompson Publishing, 2019. — 394.26 MURDY
  • Un Barrilete

    Para El Día De Los Muertos

    Amado, Elisa
    Juan, a Quiché Indian boy from the village of Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, his brother, and his friends make a giant kite to fly on the Day of the Dead in memory of Juan's grandfather, who taught him how to make the traditional kites.
    Book, 2012Toronto : Groundwood Books/Libros Tigrillo, House of Anansi Press, 2012. — SP J394.26 AMADO
  • Dia de los Muertos, or 'Day of the Dead', may seem like a bleak name for a holiday. But this exciting occasion is actually a special time to remember loved ones and to celebrate life. Young readers discover how food, fun, and memories contribute to…
    Book, 2022Mankato, MN : The Child's World, [2022] — j394.2 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS HEI
  • A Traves De Los Ojos Del Alma

    Dia De Muertos En Mexico, Michoacan = Through the Eyes of the Soul : Day of the Dead in Mexico, Michoacan

    Andrade, Mary J.
    Presents a heavily illustrated look at the elaborate preparations and rituals held in honor of the Day of the Dead in the Mexican state of Michoacan.
    Book, 1996San Jose, Calif. : La Oferta Review Newspaper, c1996. — SP 394.26 ANDRA
  • Thinking of loved ones who have died is often depressing. But in Latin America and Hispanic communities, people celebrate the lives of their loved ones who have passed. Day of the Dead is a time of great celebration and joy.
    Book, 2022New York : Enslow Publishing, [2022] — J394.266 SILVA
  • Long ago in what would come to be called Mexico, as Mama Alma and her granddaughter, Bella, recall happy times while walking in the garden they have tended together since Bella was a baby, Mama Alma asks that after she is gone her family remember…
    Book, 2015Houston, Texas : Pinata Books, Arte Publico Press, [2015] — SP JP-MORA
  • El día de los muertos

    una celebración de la familia y la vida

    Gnojewski, Carol
    Presenta la historia y el significado del Día de los Muertos, en México, y analiza las contribuciones aztecas y españolas a la celebración, las costumbres, decoraciones y comidas navideñas, y la calavera como símbolo festivo.
    Book, 2005Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishing, c2005. — SPANISH J394.264 G533d
  • Coco

    the Official Cookbook

    Garcia, Gino,
    Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with over 50 recipes inspired by the Land of the Dead in Disney's Coco!
    Book, 2023San Rafael, California : Insight Editions, 2023. — J641.5972 GARCIA
  • A Gift for Abuelita

    Celebrating the Day of the Dead

    Luenn, Nancy
    After her beloved grandmother dies, Rosita hopes to be reunited with Abuelita as she prepares a gift to give her when her family celebrates the Day of the Dead.
    Book, 1998Flagstaff, AZ : Rising Moon, 1998. — SP JP-LUENN (DAY OF THE DEAD)
  • I Remember Abuelito

    a Day of the Dead Story

    Levy, Janice
    A little girl celebrates the Day of the Dead as she waits for the arrival of her grandfather's spirit.
    Book, 2007Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2007. — SP JP-LEVY (DAY OF THE DEAD)
  • Calavera Abecedario

    a Day of the Dead Alphabet Book

    Winter, Jeanette
    Every year Don Pedro and his family make papier-mãachâe skeletons, or calavera, for Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday, and every letter of the alphabet gets its own unique bones.
    Book, 2004Orlando : Harcourt, c2004. — JP-WINTER (DAY OF THE DEAD)
  • Funny Bones

    Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

    Tonatiuh, Duncan
    A portrait of the Mexican political cartoonist best known for his calavera animated skeleton depictions traces his life and artistic career while describing how his skeleton drawings have become synonymous with Mexico's Día de los Muertos festival.
    Book, 2015New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015. — J921 POSADA
  • Festival of Bones

    the Little-bitty Book for the Day of the Dead = El Festival De Las Calaveras

    San Vicente, Luis
    Describes the Day of the Dead, or el Dia de los Muertos, a holiday celebrated in Mexico from October 31 to November 2.
    Book, 2002El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, c2002. — J394.264 SAN VICENTE
  • This anthology considers how the Day of the Dead has been celebrated in visual art and culture, from the traditional and iconic illustrations of Manuel Manilla and Jose Posada to the paper cuts of Aaron Velasco Pacheco, folk art of the Linares…
    Book, 2021London : Laurence King Publishing, 2021. — 745.0972 SAYER
  • Día De Muertos Números

    a Day of the Dead Counting Book

    Tonatiuh, Duncan,
    Item by item, a family assembles a Day of the Dead altar to honor the memory and welcome the spirit of a loved one. Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh draws on his own life experiences to create this bilingual counting book.
    Book, 2023New York : Abrams Appleseed, 2023. — jP DIA DE MUERTOS TON