Monday, February 3, 2014

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote : A Migrant’s Tale by Duncan Tonatiuh - - ADVISABLE

Tonatiuh, Duncan Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote : A Migrant’s Tale PICTUREBOOK 32 pgs. 2013 Abrams Books for Young Readers $16.95.  

When Pancho Rabbit’s papa is late returning from working in the North, Pancho packs a bag with food for papa and meets up with a Coyote who offers to help in exchange for the food.  

An allegory for the immigration struggle, this picture book won the Pura Belpre Author and Illustrator honor awards.  Complete with a glossary of spanish words, this will be a good choice of a cultural text for your elementary library.  EL  (K-3) - ADVISABLE Lisa Librarian

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