A is for the Americas, co-authored by Terri de la Pena, illustrated by Enrique Sanchez

National Council for Social Studies/Children's Book Council (NCSS/CBC) Outstanding Social Studies Book for Young People   

An Exerpt from A is for the Americas

D is for El Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, a holiday widely celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world.  Mexican families decorate cemeteries with paper streamers and bright marigold bouquets.  To remember and celebrate the people they loved, the families pray at the graves and picnic on the favorite foods of those who died.  In some regions, children wear skeleton masks and buy skull-shaped pastries and candies.