Magic Windows

Garza, C.  L.  (1999).  Magic windows.  San Francisco, CA:  Children’s Book Press.

Carmen Lomas Garza describes the inspiration for her different papel picado (paper cut-outs), including a lot of memories from her childhood and family, as well as the Mexican-American culture.  The text is written in both english and spanish, which could be very appealing to spanish-bilingual students.  In addition, each page has a picture of the papel picado that Garza is referring to, for the reader to see.  The paper cut-outs are intriguing and fun to inspect for young readers.  This book could be used in the classroom when learning about cultures and it could also lend itself nicely in an art lesson.