Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

Renowned author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings his signature style to Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, a fascinating biography of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913).Posada mastered lithography, engraving, and relief etching.Posada’s work moved from literary calaveras, which featured short humorous poems, to social and political commentary.At his death Posada was poor and his identity was relatively unknown until artists Jean Charlot and Diego Rivera wrote essays and publicized his work.Funny Bones is an all-inclusive book for adults as well as children, offering unforgettable illustrations, a glossary of terms, historical context, additional websites, and an extensive bibliography.This is a “worth every penny” book that I shared with a fourth grade class, my tutoring students, librarians, and my family.

The text is overlapping on the kindle version. I opened it on 3 different devices and it's the same on all. We can't even read it with the text all jumbled together.

We ❤️ this book! We celebrated by using foam printmaking to make Día de los Muertos designs after learning about Posada and his Catrina/other prints. The info made Posada Elem appropriate and brought up adult issues using child language and concepts. Great for Day of the Dead fun! 💀💀💀

This is a beautifully illustrated and informative book. The material is easy to understand and yet not patronizing. The fact that the illustrations are in the style of MesoAmerican artwork just makes it more endearing to me. Explaining the evolution of Posada's skill, the techniques he learned were parts of his story I had not previously known. I look forward to getting more books by Tonatiuh to share with my family in years to come.

The illustrations in Funny Bones are so whimsical, and macabre- I love it. I purchased this for my mother, a fourth grade teacher, and she is so excited to share this with her class for Cinco de Mayo. Because of the bold illustrations and cultural story line, I believe this book is versatile for many age groups. I bought this book because it was on the New York Times Best list for Illustrations in 2015.

DT's Funny Bones was a hit at our school's family literacy night. It was an informative story that was fun to read and share with students and parents alike. It seemed everyone knew about sugar skulls but nobody knew the story of the creator, Don Lupe. Great for bilingual readers at home or in school.

Giving this 3 stars because the cover came bent in the mail

Just as described. Thanks so much!

De muy buena calidad, el tamaño, las ilustraciones y la historia es excelente para acercar a los niños a la cultura

優れた絵本作家とイラストレーターに賞が贈られるSibert Award 2016年Medal Winner。ドクロのイラストで知られるJose Guadalupe Posadaの伝記と作品の紹介。人々がドクロとして描かれた作品の意味するところは何か。自分の子供時代を思い出すと、そういえばドクロが好きな時期があったような気がします。子供も大人も楽しめると思います。ラテン系の雰囲気の絵で、死を憂う”メメントモり”を思わせるイラストです。風刺画としても非常に興味深いです。Kindle版を購入してiPadで見たところ文字が重なって見れませんでした、PCで27インチのモニターでは問題なく見れました。モニター環境にご注意ください。