Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
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ABRAMS 2021
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English
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9781683357384
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Gloria Amescua. (2021). Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua. ABRAMS.

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Gloria Amescua. 2021. Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua. ABRAMS.

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Gloria Amescua, Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua. ABRAMS, 2021.

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Gloria Amescua. Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua. ABRAMS, 2021.

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        Gloria Amescua loves books that reach a young person's heart, head, or funny bone and strives to do just that in her writing. She is an educator, poet, and children's book writer. She was awarded Lee & Low's 2016 New Voices Honor Award for her manuscript about Luz Jiménez and was named a finalist for the Austin Chapter Cynthia Leitich Smith Mentorship Award and We Need Diverse Books' Mentorship program. A nature lover, Amescua believes in children, pets, and possibilities. This is her debut picture book. She lives in Austin, Texas. Duncan Tonatiuh was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende. His books have received many awards over the years. He currently lives in San Miguel with his wife and children but travels to the United States often.

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Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical biography of an indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's culture through modeling for famous artists
She was Luz Jiménez,
child of the flower-song people,
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who lost their land but who did not disappear.

As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. By the fire at night, she listened to stories of her community's joys, suffering, and survival, and wove them into her heart.
But when the Mexican Revolution came to her village, Luz and her family were forced to flee and start a new life. In Mexico City, Luz became a model for painters, sculptors, and photographers such as Diego Rivera, Jean Charlot, and Tina Modotti. These artists were interested in showing the true face of Mexico and not a European version. Through her work, Luz found a way to preserve her people's culture by sharing her native language, stories, and traditions. Soon, scholars came to learn from her.
This moving, beautifully illustrated biography tells the remarkable story of how model and teacher Luz Jiménez became "the soul of Mexico"—a living link between the indigenous Nahua and the rest of the world. Through her deep pride in her roots and her unshakeable spirit, the world came to recognize the beauty and strength of her people.
The book includes an author's note, timeline, glossary, and bibliography.
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She was Luz Jiménez,
child of the flower-song people,
the powerful Aztec,
who called themselves Nahua—
who lost their land but who did not disappear.

As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. By the fire at night, she listened to stories of her community's joys, suffering, and survival, and wove them into her heart.
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