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Noted Santa Fe author and literacy advocate Pat Mora will read from her new children’s book “The Beautiful Lady — Our Lady of Guadalupe” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW.
The book retells the story of the well-known manifestation of the Virgin Mary in the Americas. Juan Diego, a 16th-century Aztec villager, had a vision of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe on Tepeyac Hill, near today’s Mexico City. In the vision, she asks that a church be built for her on the hilltop. After repeated attempts to tell the bishop about la señora’s request, Diego finally gives him a sign from the Lady. When Diego opens his cloak in front of the bishop, out tumbles fresh roses. And on Diego’s cloak is emblazoned the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The story is told by the present-day character of Grandma Lupita to her granddaughter, Rose, and to Rose’s friend, Terry. Mora is the author of several award-winning books. “Tomás and the Library Lady” won the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, and “Dona Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart” was named an American Library Association Notable Book and received a Pura Belpré Narrative Honor. Mora founded the family literacy initiative el dia de los niños/El dia de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day. Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher,an award-winning husband and wife team, illustrated the book.
— This article appeared on page 24 of the Albuquerque Journal
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