Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid Contributor(s): Garza, Xavier (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1933693878 ISBN-13: 9781933693873 Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas & Advent - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 6-12 |
Grade Level: 1-7 |
Lexile Measure: 620(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.3" W x 10.8" L (0.40 lbs) 40 pages |
Themes: - Holiday - Christmas - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Santa Claus, that jolly old outsourcer, enlists his primo Pancho to deliver presents along the Texas-Mexico border. Pancho's young nephew Vincente stows away in the present sack, hoping to get a taste of the gift-giving action. All Christmas Eve, they work their magic, not letting rain or cloudy skies or wire fences keep them from covering every inch of their newly assigned territory. A native of the Rio Grande Valley, Xavier Garza is a prolific author, artist, teacher, and storyteller whose work is a lively documentation of life, dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of south Texas. His book Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel was a Pura Belpr Author Honor Book in 2012. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garza, Xavier: - Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, author and lucha libre aficionado Xavier Garza is a prolific and enthusiastic author, artist, and storyteller whose work focuses primarily on his experiences growing up in the small border town of Rio Grande City and is a lively documentation of the dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. Garza has exhibited his art and performed his stories in venues throughout Texas, Arizona and the state of Washington. He has authored and illustrated fourteen books, and has received such prestigious awards as the Americas Honor Book Award in 2005, the Tejas Star Book Award three times from 2007-2010 and the Pura Belpré Honor Book award in 2012. In 2014 he was awarded both the NAACS Tejas Young Adult Book Award and the Texas Institute of Letters Children's Book Award. In 2019 Xavier Garza will be inducted into the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters. Garza lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife Irma and their teen son Vincent. |
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