Nine Days to Christmas
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Nine Days to Christmas is a book by Marie Hall Ets
and Aurora Labastida. Released by Viking Press
, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal
for illustration
in 1960.
In the story, Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata
for it.
Marie Hall Ets
Marie Hall Ets is an American author and illustrator. She attended Lawrence College, and in 1918, Mrs. Ets journeyed to Chicago where she became a social worker at the Chicago Commons, a settlement house on the northwest side of the city. In 1960 she won the Caldecott Medal for her illustrations...
and Aurora Labastida. Released by Viking Press
Viking Press
Viking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
in 1960.
In the story, Ceci anxiously awaits her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party, and the opportunity to select a piñata
Piñata
A piñata is a papier-mâché or other type of container that is decorated, filled with toys and or candy and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Piñatas are most commonly associated with Mexico, but its origins are considered to be in China...
for it.