Author
Carmen Lomas Garza
3 books here
Magic Windows
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 2003
Lomas Garza's cut-paper illustrations are so vivid they feel tactile; this is a quiet, powerful book about Mexican American family life that lets children see themselves or learn generously about others' everyday magic.
Cuadros de Familia
Picture book · ages 4–8
A masterpiece of cultural affirmation — Garza's folk-art paintings turn family rituals (tortilla-making, baptisms, quinceañeras, funerals) into art, telling children that their own grandmother's kitchen is worth celebrating.
En mi familia
Picture book · ages 4–8
A masterpiece of cultural affirmation—Garza's bilingual text and luminous folk-art illustrations make Mexican-American family life vivid, joyful, and unmistakably worthy of celebration.