Family Pictures is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza\’s girlhood: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, finding a hammerhead shark on the beach, picking cactus, going to a fair in Mexico, and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through fourteen vignettes of art and a descriptive narrative, each focusing on a different aspect of traditional Mexican American culture. The English-Spanish text and vivid illustrations reflect the author\’s strong sense of family and community. For Mexican Americans, Carmen Lomas Garza offers a book that reflects their lives and traditions. For others, this work offers insights into a beautifully rich community.

See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2

• ISBN: 9780892392063
• Author: Garza, Carmen Lomas.
• Published: 2005 , Children's Book Press
• Themes: Family, growing up, Multi-generational, Spanish
• Descriptors: Americas, Bilingual, Latinx in US, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States
• No. of pages: 32