![]() ![]() The 45-year-old illustrator is a father of five who often paints at a weathered living-room table amid the bustle of family. His other recent commissions include urban murals, a tequila logo, CD covers and more. The book's illustrations spring from the brush of Mexican-born, Arizona-raised El Moises - who made New Mexico his adopted home nearly a decade ago. The new children's book from the Museum of New Mexico Press- titled "Owl in a Straw Hat," or "El Tecolote del Sombrero de Paja" - is chocked full of references to northern New Mexico geography and homespun Hispanic tradition - from posole soup and pinon nuts to the "acequia" organizations that help irrigate fields and lend a special order to local rural life.Īnaya said the work is a heartfelt effort to encourage shared family reading in English or Spanish, with eye-grabbing imagery. The book became a movie - and recently an opera. Together, novelist Rudolfo Anaya and painter Moises Salcedo - who goes by El Moises - have created a bilingual children's book with parallel texts in Spanish and English about the adventures of a tiny owl named Ollie who longs to read on his own, even as he skips school and tangles with a cast of conniving animal characters in the hills and skies of northern New Mexico.Īnaya achieved lasting literary fame with the novel "Bless Me, Ultima" in 1972 about a boy's coming of age in post-World War II New Mexico under the guidance of a traditional spiritual healer. ![]() ![]() The illustrator is a younger muralist steeped in the visual traditions of Mexican-American pop culture and low-rider cars. The 81-year-old author is often called a dean of Chicano literature. ![]()
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