Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Sourcebooks Inc, 2025
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (40 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9781728297835 MWT18120892, 1728297834 18120892
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A lyrical picture book about the Poinsettia flower and the holiday traditions it has inspired First, the flower grew wild-a yellow blossom with bracts that turn brilliant red in winter. The ancient Nahuas cultivated it; then it inspired Mexico's most famous Christmas legend. After the flower caught the eye of Mexico's first US ambassador, it became known as the Poinsettia. Yet it has many more names and traditions-and even more colors! From Pura Belpre Honoree Alda P. Dobbs and illustrator Emily Mendoza comes a lyrical and vibrant picture book history of the flower that has given the world so much
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