Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
by Duncan Tonatiuh
José Guadalupe Posada’s etchings of calaveras (skeletons) are a... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Holiday
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2015
Word Count 1,846
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 178804
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Human skeleton in art--Juvenile literature
- Mexico
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- Engravers--Mexico--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Human skeleton in art
- Posada, Josae Guadalupe
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Other, Nonreligious
- Posada, JoseÌ Guadalupe, 1852-1913--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Mexico
- Engravers
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Duncan Tonatiuh about Funny Bones
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Duncan Tonatiuh
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In-depth Written Interview with Duncan Tonatiuh
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Educator’s Guide from Vanderbilt Univ. Center for Latin American Studies
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Lesson Plan from Eastern Connecticut State Univ. Dept. of Education
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Armando Duran
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Awards & Distinctions 17

Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2021
Illustrator Honor, 2016

Américas Award, 1993-2020
Honor, 2016

Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2020
Winner, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2016

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Biography Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2016

International Latino Book Awards, 2000-2020
Second Place Winner, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2019
Selection, 2015
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