Merced artist’s new children’s book helps families reconnect with Día de los Muertos

Merced artist’s new children’s book helps families reconnect with Día de los Muertos

Reading Time: 3 minutes When Merced artist Lilibeth Jimenez was trying to get her first book published, it started as a Halloween children’s book with illustrations. Her cultural heritage was nestled in the pages of that book as a small section on El Día de los Muertos. “Everybody who saw it was captivated by that the most,” she said. An editor at Scholastic told her the piece was the heart of the story and urged her to reframe it for Día de los…