It’s Cinco de Mayo! by Richard Sebra THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK It’s Cinco de Mayo! by Richard Sebra LERNER PUBLICATIONS MINNEAPOLIS Note to Educators: Throughout this book, you’ll find critical thinking questions. These can be used to engage young readers in thinking critically about the topic and in using the text and photos to do so. Copyright © 2017 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Sebra, Richard, 1984- author. Title: It’s Cinco de Mayo! / by Richard Sebra. Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2017] | Series: Bumba Books—It’s a Holiday! | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016018671 (print) | LCCN 2016022497 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512425666 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512429244 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512427455 (eb pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)—Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC F1233 .S43 2017 (print) | LCC F1233 (ebook) | DDC 394.262—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016018671 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 – VP – 12/31/16 Expand learning beyond the printed book. Download free, complementary educational resources for this book from our website, www.lerneresource.com. Table of Contents Cinco de Mayo 4 Cinco de Mayo Symbols 22 Picture Glossary 23 Index 24 Read More 24 Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo is a holiday. It means “fifth of May” in Spanish. Cinco de Mayo is May 5. What does “cinco” mean in Spanish? 4 5 6 It is a Mexican holiday. People in Mexico celebrate. People in the United States celebrate too. 7 Cinco de Mayo honors a battle. On May 5, 1862, Mexico won a big battle. 8 9 Cinco de Mayo is a day to honor Mexico. How do you celebrate Cinco de Mayo? 20 21 Cinco de Mayo Symbols Mexican flag Mexican dress sombrero taco maracas 22 Picture Glossary bands battle groups of musicians a fight between who perform together two armies culture honors the ideas, customs, when a person or and traditions of a holiday praises or group of people celebrates something 23 Index bands, 15 dances, 16 Mexico, 7, 8, 20 battle, 8 dresses, 19 parades, 12 culture, 11 fo o d, 11 tacos, 11 Read More Bullard, Lisa. Marco’s Cinco de Mayo. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2012. Gleisner, Jenna Lee. We Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Spring. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing, 2014. Sebra, Richard. It’s Diwali! Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2017. Photo Credits The images in this book are used with the permission of: © miker/Shutterstock.com, p. 5; © Tokarsky/ iStock.com, pp. 6–7; © World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo, pp. 9, 23 (top right); © Joshua Resnick/Dreamstime.com, pp. 10–11, 23 (bottom left); © Larry Wilmot/Dreamstime.com, pp. 12–13; © Doug Berry/iStock.com, pp. 14, 23 (top left); © valentinrussanov/iStock.com, p. 17; © Anna Bryukhanova/iStock.com, p. 18; © AbimelecOlan/iStock.com, pp. 21, 23 (bottom right); © stefano carniccio/Shutterstock.com, p. 22 (top left); © Leon Rafael/Shutterstock.com, p. 22 (top right); © Dja65/ Shutterstock.com, p. 22 (middle); © Discovod/Shutterstock.com, p. 22 (bottom left); © ImagePixel/ Shutterstock.com, p. 22 (bottom right). Front Cover: © AbimelecOlan/iStock.com. 24 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do you like holidays? Learn all about how and why people celebrate different holidays. BUMBA BOOKS™ IT’S A HOLIDAY! IT’S IT’S IT’S CHINESE EASTER! RAMADAN AND NEW YEAR! EID AL-FITR! IT’S IT’S HALLOWEEN! IT’S CHRISTMAS! ST. PATRICK’S IT’S DAY! IT’S HANUKKAH! CINCO DE IT’S MAYO! IT’S THANKSGIVING! NEW YEAR’S IT’S DAY! IT’S DIWALI! VALENTINE’S DAY! A division of Lerner Publishing Group www.lernerbooks.com 004–007 Guided Reading: J Early Intervention: 18* *Estimated.