The Pretty Calavera - Paperback

by Jose Alvarez (Author), Marvin Alonso (Illustrator)

The story is about a little girl that dies and goes to the afterlife in the skeleton world. (In Mexican Culture). She quickly realizes by waking up in the morning with her new skeleton body and is disgusted with her bones and how ugly she looks. The mom consults her and tells her she's not her physical self and that her spiritual self is beautiful. This would be a story about being happy with what you are not which you wish you were. To look at the inner beauty of yourself and not the exterior façade.