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A Marvelous Mexican Misunderstanding: a Day of the Dead picture book
What happened when Adri moved back to Mexico? Only the most marvelous misunderstanding... in the history of misunderstandings! Laugh your heart out while you see his biggest fear turn into one of the best days of his life.
- GenresPicture Books
46 pages, Hardcover
Published March 28, 2023
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January 26, 2018
As part of Multicultural Book Day, I am reviewing A Marvelous Mexican Misunderstanding by Evi Triantafyllides and Nefeli Malie.
Disclosure: I received an electronic copy of this book from the author in order to facilitate this review.
What happens when an older sister taunts her little brother, building his anticipation of the Day of The Dead in completely the wrong direction?
In "A Marvellous Mexican Misunderstanding", author Evi Triantafyllides does a great job of exposing readers to this wonderful celebration. It actually inspired me to go and learn more about it.
The dark humour of the story is juxtaposed against Nefeli Malie's bright, bold, colourful illustrations which provide a strong sense of culture.
Readers will identify with universal themes of sibling bickering and fear of death, whilst also learning about a unique festival and thoughtful way of honouring ancestors.
Some quick facts and translations at the end of the book provide great information and a springboard to inspire further investigation.
This is the first of what is to be a series of multicultural books from Worldwide Buddies.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day #MCBD2018, 27 Jan 2018, is in its 5th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.
MCBD 2018 is honoured to have some amazing Sponsors on board. View our 2018 MCBD Medallion Sponsors here: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
View our 2018 MCBD Author Sponsors here: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View our CoHosts: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual Twitter Party will be held 27/1/18 at 9:00pm EST.
Join the conversation and win one of 12-5 book bundles and one Grand Prize Book Bundle (12 books) that will be given away at the party! http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
Free Multicultural Books for Teachers: http://bit.ly/1kGZrta
Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians and Educators: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld
Disclosure: I received an electronic copy of this book from the author in order to facilitate this review.
What happens when an older sister taunts her little brother, building his anticipation of the Day of The Dead in completely the wrong direction?
In "A Marvellous Mexican Misunderstanding", author Evi Triantafyllides does a great job of exposing readers to this wonderful celebration. It actually inspired me to go and learn more about it.
The dark humour of the story is juxtaposed against Nefeli Malie's bright, bold, colourful illustrations which provide a strong sense of culture.
Readers will identify with universal themes of sibling bickering and fear of death, whilst also learning about a unique festival and thoughtful way of honouring ancestors.
Some quick facts and translations at the end of the book provide great information and a springboard to inspire further investigation.
This is the first of what is to be a series of multicultural books from Worldwide Buddies.
Multicultural Children’s Book Day #MCBD2018, 27 Jan 2018, is in its 5th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in home and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get more of these types of books into the hands of young readers, parents and educators.
MCBD 2018 is honoured to have some amazing Sponsors on board. View our 2018 MCBD Medallion Sponsors here: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
View our 2018 MCBD Author Sponsors here: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
We’d like to also give a shout-out to MCBD’s impressive CoHost Team who not only hosts the book review link-up on celebration day, but who also works tirelessly to spread the word of this event. View our CoHosts: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
TWITTER PARTY Sponsored by Scholastic Book Clubs: MCBD’s super-popular (and crazy-fun) annual Twitter Party will be held 27/1/18 at 9:00pm EST.
Join the conversation and win one of 12-5 book bundles and one Grand Prize Book Bundle (12 books) that will be given away at the party! http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
Free Multicultural Books for Teachers: http://bit.ly/1kGZrta
Free Empathy Classroom Kit for Homeschoolers, Organizations, Librarians and Educators: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday....
Hashtag: Don’t forget to connect with us on social media and be sure and look for/use our official hashtag #ReadYourWorld
April 21, 2023
I liked it, but I felt the tone was off a bit. The main conflict in the book is faced with all the force of a "guess I'll die" meme.
Arc from Edelweiss.
Arc from Edelweiss.
December 27, 2024
Cute story about Day of the Dead.
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