La Bloga: Interview With Author Amy Costales About Her Picture Book Abuelita Full of Life/ Abuelita llena de vida
Tagged: blog, book, Day of the Dead, tamalesPosted on: September 16th, 2007“Thank you Amy for this interview. You are a prolific writer and I admire your work. How did you come with the idea for this book?
An editor once asked me to write a story about Day of the Dead, which indirectly led to Abuelita Full of Life (Luna Rising). My own personal experiences with death did not lead me to a picture book. As for Day of the Dead, my kids and I do make an altar every year. We do invite some friends over to add to our altar and make tamales. For me it is a reassuring way of accepting death, and it is a day to remember our dead. But our traditions are kind of our own. They aren’t something I grew up with. None the less, I played with the suggestion in the back of my head.”
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