This book is the definitive, authentic resource for all things Day of the Dead.

The Water-Saving Garden provides gardeners and homeowners with a diverse array of techniques and plentiful inspiration for creating sustainable gardens that are so beautiful and inviting, it’s hard to believe they are water-thrifty.

A large map shows every location covered in the book, and each entry has a locator map depicting the city and country. Both entertaining and informative, this book is an invaluable resource and inspiration for a lifetime of travel.

Rhyming text and illustrations describe how and why the holiday Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated in Mexico and South America.

Describes Federal Twist, a naturalistic garden in the woods of western New Jersey.

People dressed as skeletons parade through the streets. It is not Halloween. It is Day of the Dead!

However, the essays in this volume also suggest that there is something ironic and unsettling about the immense popularity of a holiday whose main images are of death, evil, and the grotesque.

... Day of the Dead), Mexico City Our day started early. Fingers came back to my hotel room and I gave him and Morgan earpieces so we would be able to hear each other over the noise being generated from the parade and the parade spectators ...

... Day of the Dead, festival is a primarily Mexican festival associated with the Catholic religious traditions of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. It is a celebration of remembrance for family ... Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City.

... Day of the Dead parade in that city , driving an old pickup truck with a fake skeleton in the back . Over the years this parade has become a huge celebration that the Latino community itself now organizes . When Hardman moved to Marin ...