Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia
Written by Carmen Lomas Garza
Illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza
Published by Children's Book Press
Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza’s girlhood in Kingsville, Texas: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, picking cactus, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through fifteen paintings and stories, each focusing on a different aspect of Carmen’s traditional Mexican American culture growing up.
The paintings and stories reflect the author’s strong sense of family and community and demonstrate how her mother’s love and hard work helped Carmen achieve her dream. For the hundreds of thousands of Mexican Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and cultural traditions. For others, this beautiful work will offer insights into a fascinating life and a rich community.
Sandra Cisneros provided the introduction and Pat Mora the afterword for this touchstone of Latino children’s literature.
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Publication Date: April 2013
Available As:
Picture Book , Age 07 or older
Community Represented: Mexican/Mexican American
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Celebrations, Celebrations: Christmas, Celebrations: Quinceañera, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 2nd, Genre: Biography, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian
Setting: United States (Kingsville, TX)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 2nd Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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