Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural / Sofi Y El Magico Mural Musical (English and Spanish Edition)

Ortiz, Raquel M

ISBN 10: 1558858032 / ISBN 13: 9781558858039

Published by Arte Publico Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sofi and the Magic, Musical Mural / Sofi Y El Magico Mural Musical (English and Spanish Edition)
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558858032
• ISBN 13: 9781558858039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dominguez, Maria
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

When Sofi walks through her barrio to the local store, she always passes a huge mural with images from Puerto Rico: musicians, dancers, tropical flowers and her least favorite a vejigante, a character from carnival that wears a scary mask. One day on her way home from the bodega, she stops in front of the mural. Is one of the dancers inviting her to be his partner? "Okay, let's dance," Sofi giggles, and suddenly she's in Old San Juan, surrounded by dancers and musicians playing bongos, tambourines and g iros. She begins to dance and sing with her new friends, but her pleasure turns to fear when the vejigante wearing a black jumper with yellow fringe and a red, three-horned mask spins her around and around! What does he want from her? How can she get away? This story about an imaginative girl and a magical mural is an engaging exploration of Puerto Rico's cultural traditions as well as an ode to public art and the community it depicts.

About the Author

Raquel M. Ortiz, a professor at Boricua College in New York City, was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from the University of Salamanca and has worked at The Brooklyn Museum, the Allen Memorial Art Museum and El Museo del Barrio. Raquel is the author of El arte de la identidad (Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2011) and a documentary, Memories on the Wall: Education and Enrichment through Community Murals. This is her first picture book.