Day of the Dead is celebrated on November first and second of every year in Mexico.
Several days before, adults and children get ready to honor the memory of their loved ones with altars and vigils. At the islands and in the towns located near Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, children participate in The Vigil of the Little Angels under the loving guidance of their mothers and grandmothers.
In this way the tradition is kept alive from generation to generation.
This delightful children’s book, with photographs taken by Mary J. Andrade and illustrations done by Jose J. Murguia, teaches and passes the tradition of Day of the Dead on to a new generation of children.
The Vigil of the Little Angels, Day of the Dead in Mexico
ISBN 0-9665876-3-4
Copyright 2001
Hardcover, 36 pages
Price $24.95
Includes tax and shipping.