Feliz Navidad: Two Stories Celebrating Christmas

An oversized, multipaged Christmas card (English).

 

This gorgeous production's minimal text consists of the lyrics to Feliciano's famous song and emphatically wishes readers both Feliz Navidad and a Merry Christmas. Beautifully designed pages feature Diaz's characteristic stylized paintings and song lyrics in large, faux hand-lettered font. The pictures make reference to and contrast many Christmas traditions and symbols, and show that all cultures emphasize families and friends celebrating together. Two introductory pages introduce the parranda as a long-standing tradition in Puerto Rico and a paragraph explains that "Christmas crosses all cultural boundaries."

 

The subtitle depends on a very close reading of the pictures to decipher the two stories. Musical notation is not included.

 

Author: Jose Feliciano; David Diaz, illustrator. 28 pp. Ages: 4-Adult. Hardcover. Publisher: Cartwheel Books, 2003.

 

Ages 4 - Adult.

 

Stunning, beautiful images.
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