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Nino's Mask
Niño longs to take part in the annual harvest fiesta. He wants to wear a glorious mask and be the hero who captures the villainous jaguar during the ceremonial race. His parents think he's too young, but that won't stop him. Maybe if he makes his own mask, he'll have a chance to shine.
Acclaimed author/artist Jeanette Winter beautifully incorporates Mexican motifs and tra...more
Acclaimed author/artist Jeanette Winter beautifully incorporates Mexican motifs and tra...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 10th 2003
by Dial
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As a read-aloud, the book is awful - it's hard for kids to follow and tough for the reader to know how to parse the text, since it's all written in speech bubbles. There's little context, so kids who have a working knowledge of Dia de los Muertos will be much better off than kids who don't. Despite the small explanatory section at the back, the book would be really confusing to a child trying to read it on his/her own that didn't know much about Dia de los Muertos. As part of a larger lesson abo...more
Told mostly in English with Spanish words scattered in, this book relates the Fiesta of the Tigre when villagers wear masks & chase away the tiger so the corn can grow. This year, though, Nino wants to wear a mask, too. HIs mom tells him he's too young still, but that doesn't stop him!
This book explains the Mexican tradition of wearing masks at various holiday fiestas. What a great story of a little boy who makes his fiesta mask and saves the day.
Nov 27, 2011
Nakitah
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Bilingual text about a boy and his mask. Students will learn about Spanish tradition and may engage in a mask making activity and fiesta
Dec 04, 2007
Kell*
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
1-2 Independent
Shelves:
contemporary-realistic-fiction
This story is about the traditions in Nino's village. Nino is chosen to be the one who saves the villages crops through a wild chase through town. This is a fun culturally diverse book and can be integrated into holidays and multiculturalism in the classroom.
Apr 09, 2013
Igraine
marked it as auf-gar-keinen-fall
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UNC Reading Center Library
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Jenny
marked it as to-read
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