DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Dear Ones,
Here I offer resources for learning about Dia de Los Muertos. The first list is a living document that I update as I learn of resources. It is not technically a book list as it includes a variety of media and learning experiences.The second list is generously offered by my dear friend and sister altar builder and tender, Natasha Bodorff of Boulder, CO. Natasha has spent a number of years teaching about Dia de los Muertos to a group of local school children. This list includes some of her favorite books on the subject and is generally geared towards our youngest community members. If you have a recommendation for an excellent book on Dia De Los Muertos or other celebrations honoring ancestors and our beloved dead, I would love to include them in this community resource. Please contact me via the contact page at www.natalaichang.com.
Thank you and I bid you Peace,
Natalia
NATALIA’S RESOURCE LIST
The Day of the Dead : when two worlds meet in Oaxaca I Shawn D. Haley & Curt Fukuda Haley, Shawn D.; Fukuda, Curt, New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books 2004 (BOOK)
Skulls to the living, bread to the dead : [the day of the dead in Mexico and beyond] I Stanley Brandes. Brandes, Stanley H. 2006 (BOOK)
The Remembering DayThe Remembering Day El Dia De Los Muertos I Mora, Pat, Houston, TX : Piñata Books, Arte Público Press, 2015 (BOOK)
The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico I Elizabeth Carmichael, Chloë Sayer 1992 (BOOK)
The Days of the Dead: Mexico's Festival of Communion with the Departed (English and Spanish Edition) 1998 (BOOK)
Día de los Muertos: A Cultural Legacy, Past, Present and Future I Betty Ann Brown, Marietta Bernstorff, Karen Mary Davalos, and Rose Salseda 2017 (BOOK)
On the Path of Marigolds: Living Traditions of Mexico's Day of the Dead (English and Spanish Edition) I Ann Murdy 2019 (BOOK)
El Corazon De La Muerte/Altars and Offerings for Days of the Dead (Spanish and English Edition) I Oakland Museum of California 2005 (BOOK)
Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico – Michoacan © I Mary J Andrade, August 1998. Second Edition: January 1999. Third Edition July 2003
Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico – Oaxaca © I Mary J Andrade, August 1999. Second Edition: August 2002.
Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico – Mexico City, Mixquic and Morelos © I Mary J Andrade, October 2000. Second Edition August 2003.
The Vigil of the Little Angels, Day of the Dead in Mexico © I Mary J Andrade, July 2001. A children’s book that covers the ritual of the children in the cemetery of Janitzio, Michoacan.
Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico – Puebla, Tlaxcala, San Luis Potosi and Hidalgo © I Mary J Andrade, August 2002.
Through the Eyes of the Soul, Day of the Dead in Mexico – Yucatan © I Mary J Andrade, September 2003.
Day of the Dead A Passion for Life @ I Mary J Andrade, June 2007. Covers in the four areas where the P’urhepecha people live in the State of Michoacan. It focus on the way they honor their dead.
Day of The Dead A resource for regional traditions, events, educational videos, book lists and more I Mary J. Andrade (WEBSITE)
Festivals: Day of the Dead, Mexico (VIDEO)
Mexico’s Celebration of Life: The Day of the Dead | Festivals | TRACKS (VIDEO)
Day of the Dead: A Mexican Celebration I PBS (VIDEO)
El Origen del Día de Muertos (The Origin of the Day of the Dead) by UnoTV Bites (in Spanish) Learn how el Día de Muertos began with the blending of Mesoamerican and European cultures at the time of colonization. (VIDEO)
Día de los Muertos: A Brief Overview by National Hispanic Cultural Center Dive into the historical context of how el Día de Muertos began in Mexico, and learn the role of the Indigenous peoples and colonizers in its birth. (VIDEO)
All Souls Procession I A Tucson, AZ Dia De Los Muertos Tradition (EVENT)
Community Day: Dia de los Muertos I San Jose Museum of Modern Art (EVENT)
NATASHA BODORFF’S BOOK LIST
Levy, Janice and Loretta Lopez. I Remember Abuelito: a Day of the Dead Story/ Yo Recuerdo Abuelito: Un Cuento del Día de los Muertos (Spanish and English edition) translated by with Miguel Arisa. Albert Whitman & Company; Bilingual Edition, 2007 Ages 4-8
Greenleigh, John and Rosalind Rosoff Beimler. The Days of the Dead: Mexico’s Festival of Communion with the Departed (English and Spanish edition) Pomegranate, 1998
Johnston, Tony and Jeanette Winter. Day of the Dead, HMH Books for Young Readers; First Edition, 2000 - Ages 4-7
Walsh, Sarah. Just Add Color: Day of the Dead: 30 Original Illustrations to Color, Customize and Hang, Rockport Publishers; Csm Edition, 2014
Carmichael, Elizabeth and Chloë Sayer. The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico, University of Texas Press; 1st University of Texas Press ed Edition, 1992
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