2014, Pura Belpre Award, Honor Book2014, Pura Belpre Award, Honor Book2016, Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee2014, Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature, Honor Book
An allegorical picture book about the hardships and struggles of immigration from award-winning picture book creator Duncan Tonatiuh
A Pura Belpr Author and Illustrator Honor Book and ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book A young rabbit named Pancho eagerly awaits his papa's return. Papa Rabbit left two years ago to travel far away north to find work in the great carrot and lettuce fields to earn money for his family. When Papa does not return home on the designated day, Pancho sets out to find him. He packs Papa's favorite meal--mole, rice and beans, a heap of still-warm tortillas, and a jug full of fresh aguamiel--and heads north. He soon meets a coyote, who offers to help Pancho in exchange for some of Papa's favorite foods. They travel together until the food is gone and the coyote decides he is still hungry . . . for Pancho Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to light the hardship and struggles facing families who seek to make better lives for themselves and their children by illegally crossing the borders.Hardcover.
About the Author
Duncan Tonatiuh is the winner of the prestigious Pura Belpré Award. Born and raised in Mexico, he attended school in the United States. He divides his time between San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and New York City.
