Mexico Crate
In this Atlas Crate, you can make a pinata, create tin art, and explore Mexico!
"Thousands of birds migrate to Mexico every year. This year, I finally got to be one of them!"
Explore:
- Piñatas
- Hojalata Tin Art
- Day of the Dead
Fun Facts
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- In Mexico, street vendors sell grilled corn on the cob with toppings that can include cheese, chili powder, cilantro, and lime. Some vendors use the husk as a handle, and others serve elote on a stick. Either way, it's yummy!
Food: Elote
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- Two top dogs — the tiny Chihuahua and this fur-free fellow — come from Mexico. True to its name, the Mexican hairless dog has no (well, very little) hair. The breed's proper name is Xoloitzcuintli, but friends call them Xolo for short.
Wildlife: Mexican Hairless Dog
photo by Borys Tronko/shutterstock.com
- You can visit the ruins of this observatory in the ancient city of Chichen Itza. "El Caracol" means "the Snail," but the Mayans who built it were no slowpokes. As early as 1100 years ago, astronomers were able to track the stars and even predict eclipses!
Awesomeness: El Caracol
Your library
Frida Kahlo: The Artist Who Painted Herself
written by Margaret Frith, illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Meet Mexico's beloved Frida Kahlo in this colorful book about her life and work. Details about the artist's life are presented as if in a student's school report, making the information fun and easy to understand. Photos, illustrations, and Frida's own paintings invite readers into the life and creative world of this iconic, avant-garde artist.
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Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Mexico's modern tradition of Day of the Dead calaveras — skeletons dressed in clothes doing everyday things — springs from the work of artist José Guadalupe Posada. Born in 1852, Posada was a political cartoonist and printmaker. Learn about José and how his creativity lives on in the joyful skeletons he created.
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