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Chargement... The Miracle of the First Poinsettiapar Joanne Oppenheim
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Juanita must confront the difference that her father's recent unemployment makes in her family's Posadas, or Christmas celebration, in this lovely retelling of a Mexican legend. Unable to buy the special foods eaten at this time of year, or get gifts for her younger brothers and friends, Juanita is desperately unhappy, even going so far as to avoid the Christmas Eve church service, because she has no offering for the Baby Jesus. It is as she lingers outside the church, longing to go in but feeling unworthy, that a miracle occurs, and a beautiful gift for the Christ Child is given to her... A pourquoi tale explaining how poinsettias - indigenous to Mexico and Central America, this flowering plant is known as La flor de Noche Buena, or "the flower of Christmas Eve" - came to be, this story has also been retold by Tomie dePaola in his picture-book, The Legend of the Poinsettia. This retelling by Joanne F. Oppenheim, who credits the Christmases she spent in Mexico with her parents as an inspiration in her brief afterword, is appealing, although the real star is the artwork by Fabian Negrin. With a deep and vivid color palette, expressively painted human figures, and lovely decorative details - the poinsettia endpapers were a particularly nice touch! - the illustrations here are immensely appealing. The sense of beauty and mystery in these paintings, which can also be found in other titles illustrated by Negrin, such as Julia Alvarez' The Secret Footprints, is just enchanting. Highly recommended, both to those young readers looking for Christmas stories with a Mexican cultural setting, and to fans of the artist's work. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
A retelling of a Mexican legend that describes the origin of the Poinsettia plant. In this version, a young girl has nothing to give the Christ child, but when the weeds she carries in her hands miraculously transform into red flowers, she now has the perfect gift. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Book is book to use for discussing cultural traditions, family, holiday, origins of symbols, religion, story telling and Spanish English literature. Great to compliment holiday and also for fun. ( )