From three-time Pura Belpr Winner Yuyi Morales, a delightful alphabet picture book about a Da de los Muertos skeleton who must find the perfect birthday gift (or gifts!)

A 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year
Winner of the 2009 Pura Belpr Medal for Illustration
A Pura Belpr Honor Book for Narrative
Yuyi Morales takes us on a new journey with Seor Calvera, the skeleton from Day of the Dead celebrations. Seor Calvera is worried. He can't figure out what to give Grandma Beetle for her birthday. Misunderstanding the advice of Zelmiro the Ghost, Seor Calvera decides not to get her one gift, but instead one gift for every letter of the alphabet, just in case. Una Acordon: An accordion for her to dance to.
Bigotes: A mustache because she has none.
Cosquillas: Tickles to make her laugh . . . . . . only to find out at the end of the alphabet that the best gift of all is seeing her friends. Morales's art glows in this heart-warming original tale with folklore themes, a companion book to her Pura Belpr-winning Just a Minute. In English with Spanish vocabulary words