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Shahan, Sherry. !Fiesta!: A Celebration of Latino Festivals.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
SHAHAN, Sherry. !Fiesta!: A Celebration of Latino Festivals. illus, by Paula Barragan. unpaged. CIP. August House/LittleFolk. Apr. 2009. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-0-87483 861-9. LC 2008001462.
Gr 3-5--For each month, a holiday is introduced through a free-verse poem and a short paragraph of information. The poem is meant to be read by children, but many of the words and concepts will be unfamiliar to them. For January, Fiesta de San Antonio Abad opens with, "Polka-dot cows stride/beside candy-striped burros./Baby chicks bob and chirp/ under itty-bitty smocks. The village sways in song:/Moo and cock-a-doodle-do!" On this day in small …
