My friend Flor Cordero wrote and photographed a children’s book called M is for Mexico. The book depicts the alphabet with examples of Mexican culture (A is for Alegría), followed by a short explanation of each associated word. When I read the book with my young son, his goal was always to reach the letter R, because “R is for Ritual”. The example in Cordero’s book is a photograph of a sugar skull like the ones they sell in the markets all over Mexico as part of the celebrations for the Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos. My little boy loves his sweets.
