In this book the illustrations are different, Stephanie Garcia does a great job at creating these miniature clay sculptures and taking pictures of them to use in the illustrations. The story is told from the flower girls point of view at the wedding. She took photos at the wedding and wrote "captions." This book is unique, as in it makes you feel like you're reading a scrapbook that Maya created of the wedding. I would reccomend this book. ( )

This book is told from the perspective of Maya, the bride's flower girl. Maya describes Isabel's wedding day with vivid detailed pictures that she created with clay and formed them into a beautiful memory for the bride and groom. Maya describes all of the traditional parts of the wedding with her beautiful snapshots. From the moment of the bride and groom kiss to the moment when she fell asleep at night, Maya recorded all of the memories from that beautiful wedding.
Garcia, the illustrator, truly takes these snapshots and brings the wedding to life. I felt like I was at the wedding because of the reality of the clay sculptures she put into a photograph. One of my favorite parts of the pictures was when the author was talking about a specific person, Garcia put that person in a gold picture frame to show emphasis. During the entire book, I was never confused on who was who or what Maya was thinking at the wedding. Also, the simple light pink background with a lace overlay covered every page of the book in the background. This simple background added a huge element of romance to the wedding themed book. By having this lace on every page reminded the reader of the setting of the story, which was the wedding. Overall, the author and illustrator worked extremely well together to achieve the goal of portraying a beautiful wedding to the audience. ( )

Maya, a flower girl in a wedding, describes what she sees in a lot of details and captures the excitement of a wedding day. Maya is very observant and she shares her tale through her point of view as she focuses on the wedding day. I believe what really makes the story is the illustrations. The illustrator, Stephanie Garcia, does not use photographs or drawings, but she used handcrafted dolls to help tell the story. This book definitely deserved the Pura Belpre Award for illustrations. They are created in what seems like a shadow box on each page. Some scenes are gold-framed, while others are simply contained within the outside of a box.This story is told through picture captions it is very brief but with limited perspective. ( )

"Snapshots from the Wedding", is a story told by Maya, the flower girl. It is all about the events that took place at Isabel and Rafael's wedding. However, this is a traditional Mexican wedding. Included in the front of the book is a glossary for words that are written in Spanish. Also, there is food and music that normally would not be served at a typical American wedding. There was a mariachis band and they served chicken with ground chile sauce and even rice and beans. The pictures on the pages look as if they were taken from a camera, however, they look like they have been made out of clay. They show exactly what is going on in the story, but personally I do not like this type of illustration; the people and objects look strange. This book is a way to show children how different cultures celebrate events. I did enjoy this book but I think the pictures could have been better. Other people and even my students may enjoy this aspect of the book and it could actually be a good way to show them the different types of illustration in books. ( )