Magic Windows

Lomas Garza, C.  (1999).  Magic windows.  San Francisco, CA:  Children's Book Press.

Carmen Lomas Garza tells us how she become interested in the art of paper-cuts and how her mother had thaught her the art.  Lomas Garza said she started off with simple things, but then as she got better, she was able to create beautiful, realistic scenes. She guides us to several of her creations and she explains how she came up with the ideas for her art and what each one meant to her.

If you want to read other books like this one or if you want to learn to make magic windows, you would want to read the following books.

Lomas Garza, C.  (1999).  Making Magic windows.  San Francisco, CA:  Children's Book Press.

Noble, M.  (2003).  Mexican Folk Art. New York, NY:  Dover Publications.