Nine days to Christmas : a story of Mexico / Marie Hall Ets.

By:

Ets, Marie Hall, 1895-1984 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Labastida, Aurora []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780140544428

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PZ7 .N564 1959

Available additional physical forms:

Awards:

Caldecott Medal 1960.

Subject: Generations of readers have treasured this 1960 Caldecott Medal winner and its tale of a little Mexican girl's excitement at the approach of Christmas. Ceci eagerly awaits Las Posadas, the traditional nine-day series of yuletide celebrations. This year she'll lead the candlelight procession that reenacts Mary and Joseph's trek to Bethlehem. Meanwhile, Mother takes her to the old marketplace to choose her very first piñata. Ceci is dazzled by the colorful array of options, and after making her choice has second thoughts about the fate of her piñata once the posada takes place. Graced by evocative illustrations, this international holiday classic is now available in a lovely hardcover edition. "The youngest child will be completely transported by this story," noted The Atlantic, and readers of all ages will be charmed by the child's-eye view of Mexican culture. AMAZON

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-CALDECOTT	Fiction	PZ7.E87.N56 1959 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Caldecott Medal, 1960		31923001696034

Also published by Puffin Books 1991.

Art techniques used: Pencil drawings on dinobase with bursts of colored pencil and contrasting white.

Generations of readers have treasured this 1960 Caldecott Medal winner and its tale of a little Mexican girl's excitement at the approach of Christmas. Ceci eagerly awaits Las Posadas, the traditional nine-day series of yuletide celebrations. This year she'll lead the candlelight procession that reenacts Mary and Joseph's trek to Bethlehem. Meanwhile, Mother takes her to the old marketplace to choose her very first piñata. Ceci is dazzled by the colorful array of options, and after making her choice has second thoughts about the fate of her piñata once the posada takes place. Graced by evocative illustrations, this international holiday classic is now available in a lovely hardcover edition. "The youngest child will be completely transported by this story," noted The Atlantic, and readers of all ages will be charmed by the child's-eye view of Mexican culture. AMAZON

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Caldecott Medal 1960.

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