A01=Alda P. Dobbs
A12=Emily Mendoza
ages 4-8
american history
Author_Alda P. Dobbs
Author_Emily Mendoza
aztecs
Category=YNH
Category=YNMD
Category=YNNT
christmas flower
christmas legend
educational
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eq_childrens
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eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_teenage-young-adult
folklore
holiday traditions
mexican history
picture book
poinsetta
poinsettia flower
southwest folklore
Product details
- ISBN 9781728297811
- Weight: 407g
- Dimensions: 237 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 02 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Alda P. Dobbs is as passionate about connecting children to their past, their communities, and nature as she is about writing. Alda lives with her husband and two children outside Houston, Texas.
