Family Pictures, 15th Anniversary Edition / Cuadros de Familia, Edición Quinceañera

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Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza's girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cactus, going to a fair in Mexico, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through fourteen vignettes of art and a descriptive narrative, each focusing on a different aspect of traditional Mexican American culture.

The English-Spanish text and vivid illustrations reflect the author's strong sense of family and community. For Mexican Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and traditions. For others, this work offers insights into a beautifully rich community.

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a kid's favorite.......2007-02-26

My 5 year old daughter loves this book. She enjoys both the brief stories accompanying each illustration, and examining each illustration and looking closely at the fascinating details. The text describes a large family and their many traditions that are interesting whether or not you are familiar with Mexican-American traditions and customs. Although we don't read Spanish, we like having the text in Spanish available for us to learn the words and phrases.

Family Pictures.......2006-02-24

I have read many children's books; this book however, isn't really a book for reading. It's greatest attribute are it's pictures. It does have a small descriptive paragraph opposite each picture in both English and Spanish, therefore making the book accessible to many different children. It is a great multicultural book; you can learn about the culture and traditions of a Mexican American family. It is a good book to develop multiculturalism and can be used in many ways in the classroom.

Cuadros de familia.......2005-05-28

This book is a must have for ALL classrooms, but especially Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms! I use it all year long! My students LOVE it so much that I bought them each their own copy for Día del niño this year. We use it as a writing prompt, they connect text to self and compare and contrast. The illustrations are beautiful. This year we used it for our yearly diorama project. Instead of the children choosing random books to do a diorama on, they chose the cuadro that most spoke to them and their family experience, and did their diorama on that. They also did a beautiful piece of polished writing comparing a family memory with that cuadro. This is my favorite book to use in the classroom, and many adults love to receive it as a gift as well. It brings back beautiful memories to all ages. This is truly a treasure. I cannot reccomend it highly enough! It is also great to leave for a substitute because it is bilingual and you know you cannot count on all subs speaking Spanish! The students never get tired of reading it or writing about it!

A MUST BUY!

Wonderful piece!.......2004-04-12

Family Pictures is an excellent example of an autobiographical as well as multicultural book written for children from kindergarten through fourth grade. Lomas Garza covers a short period of her own childhood and the social life and customs of Hispanic Americans. The reader's attention is held by the detailed illustrations done in a variety of materials including oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, and gouache on arches paper. While children will be drawn by the wonderful paintings, they will be learning a great deal about the Hispanic culture.

Teachers must have this book!.......2003-12-06

Family Pictures is a book within our third grade anthology, and it is definitely worth buying. This book is an excellent example of an autobiography or personal experience narrative for students to read while using background knowledge to make schema connections of all kinds, especially text to self connections. Students will use the author's detailed illustrations and text to predict, question, infer, and synthesize. I was so impressed by this book, that I bought the author's other book called In My Family, and found it to be an excellent sequel for text to text connections with Family Pictures. My class used the book Family Pictures to create our own classroom book of family pictures using the author's craft to guide our own photo summaries. This activity incorporates not only the use of elaborative detail, but teaches the skill of summarizing by using the 5 W's: (who, what, when, where, why). Text to text connections may also be made relating this book to Too Many Tamales and When I Was Young in the Mountains.

Quinceanera!: The Essential Guide to Planning the Perfect Sweet Fifteen Celebration

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Excellent planning information for Sweet 15!
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Quinceanera The Essential guide
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MUST HAVE FOR PLANNING A QUINCEANERA!

Quinceanera!: The Essential Guide to Planning the Perfect Sweet Fifteen Celebration
Michele Salcedo
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company
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ASIN: 0805044655

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Excellent planning information for Sweet 15!.......2007-02-19

'Quinceanera!' has got first hand accounts of moms and families who have been there..planning their own childrens coming of age. Some used party planners, some did it themselves with help from friends and family. This book has been VERY HELPFUL in planning my oldest daughter's quinces in 2002 and I've dug it out again to plan daughter #2's quinces in 2009.

Amazing Book!.......2003-03-26

I started working on my daughter's quinceanera 1 year ago and found this book invaluable. It's very comprehensive and covers everything for all latin cultures. I incorporated a little of everything to create a customized quince for my daughter, with an emphasis on the religious aspect. This book gave me ideas and explored topics I didn't know existed. Thank you Michelle for writing this book.

Quinceanera The Essential guide.......2002-04-26

The greatest book around to help plan for your daughters Quinceanera. It has help me see many traditions I did not know existed. Must have if you are planning a party.

Essential.......2002-01-09

This book was abousoulty the best information that I have found on quinceanera's out there. It takes you step by step giving great examples of menu's and ceremonies.

I am starting my own event planning business and this book has given me knowledge that I did not know previously.

I would recommend this book to anyone that is planning a quinceanera, it will save you a lot of stress and anxiety.

MUST HAVE FOR PLANNING A QUINCEANERA!.......2001-06-30

My daughter and I found this book at a small book store three years ago and could not wait to begin planning her Quinceanera which was January 13,2001! Michele really helps you begin your planning and organization with her research and the ideas that others had shared with her on their Quinceanera. Since the area we live in does not cater to "La Quinceanera", her book helped us get started. The Quinceanera was better than my daughter had imagined and the best night of her entire life. Fred Meyer's bakery at Fisher's Landing, Vancouver WA makes the Juventud Encantada cake featured in her book. Michele provides great ideas for the "recuerdos" and shopping for invitations for that very special day! We found the "Quinceanera CD's" at Borders.com and Tower Records.com THANK YOU MICHELE! We are looking forward to her new book on the Hispanic Bride's Wedding Planner. Although we can wait for wedding!

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A page turner...

Estrella's Quinceañera
Malin Alegria
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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ASIN: 0689878095

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Estrella Alvarez is turning fifteen, and she's not happy about it. For as long as she can remember, her mother has been planning an elaborate quinceañera, complete with a mariachi band, cheesy decorations, and a hideous dress. Estrella is so over it. She'd much rather have an understated dinner party at a posh restaurant downtown -- that way, she can invite her two best friends from private school, who have no idea Estrella lives in the barrio. Even though Estrella tries to keep her home life a secret from her school friends, things get even more complicated when she falls for Speedy, a cholo whom her new friends -- and her parents -- would definitely disapprove of.

Caught between her family's wishes and the allure of her sophisticated friends, Estrella is forced to make some tough choices. This funny, touching book follows one girl's struggle to figure out who she really wants to be.

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A page turner..........2007-07-20

This is truly a page turner...my kids love'd it and read it in one day...'fur real! Now only if they can make school text books as a fun...humm, now there's a thought... Keep reading - readers are leaders!!

"Big Dave" Burleigh.

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50% POLISH; 50% CUBAN and 100% AMERICAN: IT'S ALL GOOD and SO IS THE BOOK!
Cuba 15
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Cuba 15
Nancy Osa
Manufacturer: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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ASIN: 0385900864
Release Date: 2003-06-10

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Violet Paz has just turned 15, a pivotal birthday in the eyes of her Cuban grandmother. Fifteen is the age when a girl enters womanhood, traditionally celebrating the occasion with a quinceañero. But while Violet is half Cuban, she’s also half Polish, and more importantly, she feels 100% American. Except for her zany family’s passion for playing dominoes, smoking cigars, and dancing to Latin music, Violet knows little about Cuban culture, nada about quinces, and only tidbits about the history of Cuba. So when Violet begrudgingly accepts Abuela’s plans for a quinceañero–and as she begins to ask questions about her Cuban roots–cultures and feelings collide. The mere mention of Cuba and Fidel Castro elicits her grandparents’sadness and her father’s anger. Only Violet’s aunt Luz remains open-minded. With so many divergent views, it’s not easy to know what to believe. All Violet knows is that she’s got to form her own opinions, even if this jolts her family into unwanted confrontations. After all, a quince girl is supposed to embrace responsibility–and to Violet that includes understanding the Cuban heritage that binds her to a homeland she’s never seen. This is Nancy Osa’s first novel.

From the Hardcover edition.

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50% POLISH; 50% CUBAN and 100% AMERICAN: IT'S ALL GOOD and SO IS THE BOOK! .......2007-10-03

Light hearted novel with the wonderful message of being proud of who you are and your family roots. This book is a great gift idea for Quincineros.
Interestingly enough, there is a wonderful little area of Chicago where many Polish and Cuban Catholics do live; and I hear from my Cuban friends that Cuban/Polish marriages are very common. I wonder if Osa based her story on this Polish/Cuban neighborhood. Whatever the case, this book is worth the read, as it brings people from different groups together too.i.e., we are all the same. Wonderful book!

Cuba 15.......2007-03-30

Violet's quinceanero, something she thought of as a humiliation, changed all her views and prompted an area of her life that changed everything that was anything, and with the party, anything was everything. A quinceanero is what fifteen year-olds of the Hispanic persuasion use as the show of changing from a girl to a woman, and Violet was far from happy about hers. Over a year, Violet competed on the speech team, from which she got a boyfriend, organized her quinceanero, and tried futilely to learn from her secretive family about Cuba, where her Dad was from. Violet got pumped for the party, lied to her parents, and nearly didn't get to have the traditional dance with her Dad. Luckily, every part of the quinceanera's party thudded into place with funny family and friends and an easy to read, quirky book that I would recommend to middle to early high school girls.

Violet, or Violeta, was not a perfect teenager, but she learned from her mistakes. For her school speech team, she was in Original Comedy, and she was not very skillful at first, but she figured out how to make something that would win awards. She also figured out that she liked being out on stage. She listened to part of a poem that her best friend Janell was dedicating to her, and got offended before she had the right to do so. Janell told her the rest, and she was flattered. Violeta's biggest mistake was most likely when she lied to her parents about where she was going with her second best friend Leda. They went to a rally for PEACE WITH CUBA, and her father believed that it was evil, especially since she didn't tell him that she was going. Violet did have some sort of reason to go -her father would never talk about Cuba- but she learned not to lie, but to talk.

Nancy Osa gave the characters all very different personalities, which kept things interesting. Violet's grandfather (Abuelo) was stubborn; he wouldn't talk about Cuba either, funny with his music and constantly unchanged clothes, and excellent at dominoes. Violet's boyfriend, Clarence, was easy-going, seeing as how he was wide open to playing dominoes with Violet's father and brother instead of being alone with her, caring with his phone calls and willingness to go to a Cuba rally with her and Leda, and sort of scandalous because of the fact that he called Violet's house to ask if she would be at the party and then flirted with Leda. Violet at first didn't think that she was too cool of a person, but learned that she was very unique as a Cuban Polish girl with the crazy family, which she used in her Original Comedy.

Cuba 15 brought you through ups and downs that made it really easy to read. As I said, Violet's first speech team performance brought her down for good reason, but after that she got better and started to figure out that a quinceanero is not that bad. She went to the Halloween party after hearing Janell's poem and taking offense to it only to feel bad about her costume and her "headless date." Of course, her friends explained and everything was better. The lowest point of the book was when Violeta's dad wouldn't even go to her quinceanero because of her lies, that is, before he came to his senses and gave in to talking about Cuba.

There were a lot of things in Cuba 15 that I could relate to, like unfair parents, stress about life in general like Violet had in her fifteenth year of life, or fights with friends as Violet did once, both friends at the same time. It left you with things to think about, but it didn't make it seem like a sequel would come because it would probably mess up the aura of the story, which I will add was fantastic.

-K. Carson

Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2006-11-06

Violet Paz gives little thought to her ethnicity. She's half-Cuban and half-Polish, but all American. She takes for father's roots for granted, even if her crazy relatives are always visiting for mega-Domino tournaments and zany cookouts. But when her grandmother and parents insist that she participate in her "quince," she is forced into a reluctant and embarrassed embrace with an "old world" tradition.

This debut novel masterfully and subtly details the modernization of the quinceanero, a coming-of-age party for a Latina's fifteenth birthday, through the eyes of a clever and humorous teen living near Chicago. The author, Nancy Osa, accurately captures the resentment of parental influence some teens experience in their quest for their own identity. As Violet struggles with being forced to participate in her own quince, she seeks advice from other adult figures who help her balance parental expectations with her own need for independence. Osa pulls off this high-wire act masterfully, not going "over the top" in teen rebellion fashion, nor making Violet an unbelievably acquiescent parent-pleaser.

Osa weaves the subplot into the novel quite well, also. It makes Violet's self-discovery a double success story: not only does she make her quince relevant to her modern, American life, but she uses her zany family's exploits as fodder for her speech team event.

CUBA 15 has received considerable attention and been nominated for numerous awards. This is a likeable story from a "new" author I hope we hear from again! Five stars.

Reviewed by: Mark Frye, author and reviewer

Quience babe .......2006-10-25

In Cuba (Coo-ba) it's tradicional for a girl turning fifteen to have a quinceñero or a coming out party. But this is not the ideal birthday present for Violet Paz. Half Cuban on her father's side, and half Polish on her mothers but raised in America Violet doesn't really know what she is. One thing's for sure, she is having a quinceñero whether she wants one or not. This is due mainly to her grandmother who speaks a mixture of spanish and English when she's around violet. Violet only really knows what it was like in Cuba when her grandparents throw crazy domino parties while smoking and dancing the conga to loud Latin music. Coming up with the theme of the party, learning how to dance the waltz, trying to glean information abut Cuba from her father, practicing comedy speeches for the speech team, and schoolwork Violet has so much on her plate. But she still finds time for her boyfriend and her two best friends Leda and Janell.
Blending Spanish and English words may be confusing for some people but I thought that the author Nancy Osa did a great job of it. She also wrote in first person, it gave me an insight into violets life and made me feel sad or happy for her at times.
I really liked this book because I learned a lot about a different culture and what a quinceñero is. I thought that Violet was a very believable character and that she fitted in with the story perfectly. El Fin

Recurring Theme.......2006-09-01

This kind of book seems to be circulating a lot lately. Crazy ethnic family, a lot of Spanish. Not being a Spanish speaker, I didn't really want to read the spanish bits, although I find the quinceanera theme quite intriguing.

I read this book for a school book club, but I really liked it. However, there are quite a few books very similar to this one floating around out there.

Quinceanera NVI Biblia de Bolsillo (Dos Tonos Blanca)

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Quinceanera NVI Biblia de Bolsillo (Dos Tonos Blanca)
Zondervan
Manufacturer: Vida
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Binding: Leather Bound

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ASIN: 0829745661

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SPANISH EDITION. This Bible, dedicated to the sweet fifteen-year old girl, is a beautiful gift during this very special time.

Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA

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Not what I was looking for, but good nonetheless
Leaves essential questions unanswered
A top pick for any public lending library, especially those strong in Latin culture.

Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA
Julia Alvarez
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
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ASIN: 0670038733
Release Date: 2007-08-02

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The bestselling author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents explores the phenomenon of the Latina “sweet fifteen” celebration

The quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl, is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns, extravagant catered meals, DJs, limousines, and multi-tiered cakes. The must haves for a “quince” are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet, this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities, offering young Latinas a chance to connect with their heritage.

In Once Upon a Quinceañera, Julia Alvarez explores this celebration that brings a Latina girl into womanhood. She attends the quince of a young woman named “Monica” who lives in Queens, and witnesses the commotion, confusion, and potential for disaster that comes with planning this important event. Alvarez also weaves in interviews with other quince girls, her own memories of coming of age as an immigrant, and the history of the custom itself—how it originated and what has changed as Latinas become accustomed to a supersize American culture. Once Upon a Quinceañera is an enlightening, accessible, and entertaining portrait of contemporary Latino culture as well as a critical look at the rituals of coming of age and the economic and social consequences of the quince parties. Julia Alvarez's dedicated fans will be eager to hear her thoughts on this topic. It is a great book for anyone interested in American youth today—parents, teachers, and teenagers themselves.

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Not what I was looking for, but good nonetheless.......2007-09-24

I just finished the book Once upon a Quinceanera by Julia Alvarez. I picked it up, hoping to gain more insight into the rituals and religious significance of the quince. When I've said this to people, they almost always tell me something to the effect of, "oh, that's easy. It's a hispanic girl's coming-of-age." Yeah. No kidding? I'm looking for a little more depth here.

If my encounters' answer was too vague (not to mention obvious), Alvarez's response was way too deep. It was not so much about the celebration itself, but more of an examination of the issues adolescent girls face in the US in general, compounded by the additional issues particular to young latinas. It was a very interesting study in the success and failure of said girls, feminism minus man-hating, and the pros and cons of the quinceanera. But not as an outsider looking in. Alvarez herself had a difficult time finding the balance between being the good Dominican girl, and pursuing her own dreams and interests-loyalty to la familia, pursuing her education and being an intellectual, staying afloat professionally in a male-dominated time where it was difficult to be hispanic, let alone a woman.

Though it was not what I was looking for, I liked it. Though I myself am not hispanic, I found myself identifying with Alvarez throughout the book. It was interesting and entertaining.

-kendra
Big Box Pro Video Productions
Corpus Christi, Texas

Leaves essential questions unanswered.......2007-09-13

This book was a disappointment to me. First, the book is disorganized. It isn't organized into particular chapters reflecting linear and organized observations. Rather, the book seems to embrace a stream-of-consciousness approach which is confusing and difficult to follow. Particular ideas and observations appear and reappear, rather than each being deeply examined in a section of the book devoted to their study.

The book is part personal reflection on the author's life, part description of one particular Quinceanera celebration, and a smattering of observations and inferences about feminism/cultural mixing/racism/consumerism thrown in to confuse (I'm sure the author meant to enhance) the overall "narrative".

The book's disorganization might be a result of the fact that the author did not seem to have a clearly defined audience in mind. I am not sure how many teenage Latinas will read it (as a public school teacher, I don't see many who would be able to digest the content). Thus, the more likely audience is more-educated people, probably educated women looking for insight and analysis of an important cultural ritual and its effects on individuals, families and society.

Personally, I had expected the book would be a cultural or anthropological study of the Quince ritual. There were many things I was hoping to learn from the book. I am always wondering what cultural influences lead these Latino/as to start families so young and be satisfied with low levels of education. I always presumed that their parents immigrated to this country, often dangerously and illegally, to give birth to these children here so they could have a better life than their parents. Why do these children (in the classroom at least) refuse to work hard and refuse to think about the future more than the present? As a white educator, I feel that understanding rituals such as Quince may help my understanding of the pressures of Latino culture. Sadly this book failed completely to help me understand these families' situations.

This may be in part because the author chose to spend half of the book recounting her own youth and immigration experience, which seems to bear little resemblance to the backgrounds of the majority of poor, uneducated Latino immigrants today. Her father was a doctor and the family emigrated to Queens in 1960. The author was sent to Abbot Academy in Massachussetts for high school, on scholarship (for the first year--in subsequent years the family paid full tuition as her father's income rose). It was here that the author began her life in academia (she is now an English professor) and where she was introduced to feminism.

Here is one of the primary conflicts buried in this book. The author's father was a doctor. Thus, the family had financial resources, and also valued education. The author went to private high school, and her parents paid for her to go to private college as well, where she embraced her inner feminist. To me, it seems that she actually has more in common with the backgrounds of privilege than with privation. Perhaps that is why she works so hard to express her support for the Quince ritual--embracing it allows her to be empowered by her Latino heritage, and her mythical working-class origins.

The author understands the Latino families' desire to celebrate their children. She is loath to condemn the spending or the sexualization of the Quince girl, although she expresses a mild disapproval at times. The author really seems to struggle to reconcile her need to embrace the traditions of "diverse" Latin cultures with her experiences with American feminism. Lost in this struggle is any elucidation on the effect the Quince ritual has on Latino youth in the US today.

A top pick for any public lending library, especially those strong in Latin culture........2007-09-03

The party accompanying a Latin girl's coming of age or sweet fifteen celebration is one of the highlights of her life, and in ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA author Julia Alvarez attends the 'quince' of a young Queens woman to relate the confusion and planning over this special event, including interviews with other quince girls and her own memories to trace the origins and enactment of the ceremony. A top pick for any public lending library, especially those strong in Latin culture.

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Quincenera Means Sweet 15
Quincenera Means Sweet 15
Quincenera Means Sweet 15
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Quinceanera Means Sweet 15

Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0439366046

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Quincenera Means Sweet 15.......2005-10-29

Magdalena is Marisol's best friend.Both of them want to have a quince.Magda's famliy is rich so she is for sure she is going to have one.Marisol isn't really sure cause her mom is on a budget.My favorite character is Marisol,because liked the way she was.She wasnt all acting like a goody two-shoes.What I liked about the book is that it's a very good book and I loved the characters and the dramma between the problems.I also liked the spanish culture. I learned a little bit more about the hispanic culture. It was a joy to read.Please read this book!

Quincenera Means Sweet 15.......2005-10-29

Young Immigrants Featured Review.......2004-12-06

Hyperion's easy-to-read sequel to Marisol and Magdalena continues to immerse readers into the life of a sweet Latina teenager growing up in Brooklyn. Deftly, Chambers weaves in details about the language, food, values, faith, and pride of the Panamanian immigrant community.

Immigrants like the Panamanians who cluster in the same neighborhood have certain advantages over those of us who grew up scattered in the suburbs. Although Marisol struggles with the abandonment of her father, I found myself envying her strong sense of identity, forged in a community that shepherds her into womanhood. She has aunts and cousins and neighbors who understand what it means to be a Panamanian-American growing up in Brooklyn. Best of all, she has a Mami who knows what she's feeling almost without a word.

Unlike immigrant kids who grow up in non-immigrant communities, there's hardly any culture clash between the generations. Marisol accepts and internalizes the values of the community because they are validated all around her. She dates a Panamanian boy, accepts the Catholic faith, delights in her Latina heritage and language, and eagerly desires a quince. One wonders if Marisol and her peers will choose to separate more from their community and culture than their mothers did, eventually moving out of Brooklyn into the suburbs. Will Marisol's daughter spend hours dreaming about her quince? Maybe. Perhaps the author's point is that in tightly-knit urban immigrant communities, the tensions between a first generation of immigrants and their American-born children don't have to tear families apart.

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Celebrating "Sweet 15"
Very helpful in planning an event such as one like this.

Quinceanera
Elizabeth King
Manufacturer: Dutton Juvenile
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ASIN: 0525456384

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You are invited to the biggest party of Cindy Chvez's life. In text and gorgeous color photos, Elizabeth King takes us to this joyous, once-in-a-lifetime event--the quinceaera. It is the celebration of a Latina's fifteenth birthday, a coming-of-age ritual in which a community welcomes its newest adult member with a church service, a feast, and dancing. The tradition, which has its roots in Aztec and Mexican custom, is popular in the United States. With a lavish dress, an honor court of friends, a big cake, and a night filled with music, the quinceaera is a chance for a young woman to feel like a queen. But there are solemn, quiet moments, too, particularly at the Mass held before the party. The history, significance, and fun of the quinceaera are warmly recounted in this lovely book. It is an inviting glimpse at a part of American culture for newcomers to the tradition, and a special scrapbook for those anticipating or remembering their own quinceaeras. Also available in Spanish! Quinceaera celebrando los quince

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Celebrating "Sweet 15".......2001-06-30

As we were planning my daughter's Quinceanera, we purchased this book to share with my daughter's friends and family members who were not familiar with the latin culture of the Quinceanera. This book shares the Quinceanera of two different girls and how special the Quinceanera really is. This book helped our friends understand why the Quinceanera was important to my daughter and insight into the latin culture

Very helpful in planning an event such as one like this........1999-11-13

This is a great book. It gives great detail and is very helpful. I would definately recommend this to a friend/relative.

La quinceañera (The Birthday Dance Party) (Dora La Exploradora/Dora the Explorer (Spanish))

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La quinceañera (The Birthday Dance Party) (Dora La Exploradora/Dora the Explorer (Spanish))
Alison Inches
Manufacturer: Libros Para Ninos
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ASIN: 1416924620

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Daisy, la prima de Dora, cumple quince años y va a tener una fiesta de quinceañera. Antes que nada, Dora y Boots tienen que llevarle a Daisy su corona y zapatos especiales. ¡Ah, pero cuando empieza la fiesta, es hora de bailar mambo!

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Dora's cousin Daisy is having her fifteenth birthday party -- her fiesta de quinceañera. First Dora and Boots have to deliver Daisy's special crown and shoes. But when the party begins, it's time to mambo!

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This book is the best thing I've ever read!.......2007-02-21

Dora and Boots are invited to her cousin Daisy's fifteenth birthday party-her fiesta de quinceanera. But the party can't start without Dora and Boots because they have Daisy's crown and shoes. Dora and Boots need to hurry to Daisy's party. Along the way, Dora and Boots team up with Baby Jaguar and Dora's cousin Diego, Daisy's brother. But when the party begins, it's time to mambo!

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