Celebra el Día de Acción de Gracias con Beto y Gaby. (Celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Beto and Gaby).

Reviewed by Veronica Covington, Univ. of Texas, Austin -- Críticas, 11/15/2006

Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy.
illus. by Claudia Rueda. U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. (Cuentos para celebrar) 2006./n/32p. pap. ISBN 1-59820-121-2. $9.95.

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Celebra la Navidad y el Día de los Reyes Magos con Pablo y Carlitos.
(Celebrate Christmas and Three Kings’ Day with Pablo and Carlitos).
Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy.
illus. by Walter Torres. U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. (Cuentos para celebrar) 2006. 32p. pap. ISBN 1-59820-124-7. $9.95.

Celebra el Halloween y el Día de los Muertos con Cristina y su conejito azul.
(Celebrate Halloween and the Day of the Dead with Cristina and her Blue Bunny).
Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy.
illus. by Ivanova Martinez. U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. (Cuentos para celebrar) 2006. 32p. pap. ISBN 1-59820-120-4. $9.95.

K-Gr 1–Each title starts with a story about a family preparing and celebrating the holiday, followed by a chapter on facts about the holiday—origins, meaning, and traditional celebrations in different cultures. In Celebrate Thanksgiving, Beto and Gaby are waiting for their grandmother but fear that she has been stranded in a bad snowstorm. To their surprise, she does make it with several friends she invites along the way. In the Christmas book, Carlitos and Pablo are writing letters to the three kings detailing the gifts they would like to receive on Three Kings’ Day. Unlike their friend Marcie, who gets her presents on Christmas Day, the two brothers have to wait. The Halloween book depicts Cristina and her brother Daniel preparing homemade costumes with their friends before going trick or treating. Daniel explains the Day of the Dead altar that his mother has prepared. When Cristina loses her favorite toy, a blue bunny, her mother suggests that she place a picture of him on the altar so she can carry his memory with her when she goes trick or treating. Each book has a different illustrator, yet all of them have kept the integrity of the series by using colorful illustrations and photos that complement the text. Recommended for public and elementary libraries.