"Grandpa's Magic Tortilla" read by the authors and art project for your Special Party!


Item Number: 398

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $150

Online Close: Nov 30, 2012 9:00 PM MST

Bid History: 5 bids - Item Sold!


Description

Demetria Martinez and Rosalee Montoya-Read are offering a reading of their children's book, Grandpa's Magic Tortilla. The reading would be ideal for a party of children from ages 5 on up and would include an art project by Lisa May Casaus, the book's illustrator. In this light-hearted bilingual tale, animals mysteriously appear on a burnt toritllla that grandpa made, causing up uproar in Chimayo, New Mexico. The book is a delightful story celebrating culture and childhood whimsey. Grandpa's Magic Tortilla is  the winner of a 2011 New Mexico Book Award for Young Readers.


Event available for up to six children.


Comes with a copy of the book which can be signed to a special party guest on the spot!

Special Instructions

Available at a mutually agreed time within the greater Albuquerque Metropolitan area in 2013.

Donated by

UNM Press
Demetria Martinez, Rosalee Montoya-Read and Lisa May Casaus