By Ana Aranda (Nancy Paulsen Books – 2022 )
The Day of the Dead is a happy day! It is a day for families to come together to share stories and laughts. There are favoirte dishes to cook, poems to be written, and. most impolrtantly, memories to relive. No one in the family is forgotten, because this is the day when the dead come to visit the living – and for this holiday, it is almost as if they are sitting beside us as we take pleasure in celebrating the things that made them special. >>>In the last page, the author tells the background about this story of Mexican celebration.
「死者の日」は楽しい一日だ!この日は家族が集まり、皆で一緒に色々なお喋りをして笑い合うのだ。大好物の料理が用意され、詩が読まれ、そして最も大事なことは、思い出話に花が咲く。家族の誰もが忘れられない人であり、この祝日には亡くなった人達でさえも帰ってくる。亡くなった人達を特別に扱って、この日を祝う席に一緒に同席してもらうのだ。>>>この絵本でのメキシコの祝いについて、巻末にて作者から背景説明がある。