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Día de Muertos Números: A Day of the Dead Counting Book
Duncan Tonatiuh
Illustrator: Duncan Tonatiuh
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2023
Publisher: Abrams Appleseed/Abrams
ISBN: 978-1-4197-6446-2
Keywords: Mexico, holidays, traditions
Family members add items, on successive pages, to an altar to honor a departed loved one. Bold, stylized images evoke Mesoamerican art. Bilingual in Spanish and English.