TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ets,Marie Hall
AU  - Labastida,Aurora
TI  - Nine days to Christmas: a story of Mexico 
SN  - 9780140544428
AV  - PZ7 .N564 1959
PY  - 1959///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Viking Press
KW  - Christmas stories
KW  - Pinatas
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Kindergarten
KW  - Grade one
KW  - Grade two
KW  - Grade three
KW  - Grade four
N1  - Also published by Puffin Books 1991; Art techniques used: Pencil drawings on dinobase with bursts of colored pencil and contrasting white; 2; b
N2  - 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
ER  -