Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Author: Gary Soto
• List: Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award
• Format: Book

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  Chato and the Party Animals

  By Gary Soto, Susan Guevara (Illustrator)

  Susan Guevara's larger than life, mural-like images translate and extend Soto's barrio story with vitality, color and social commentary. Discovering that his best friend, Novio Boy, has never had a birthday party, Chato the Cat plans a surprise pachanga. Everything is set except that Chato forgets to invite the guest of honor. Sly humor and Latino symbolism abound in these innovative, acrylic-on-scratchboard illustrations.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2002 (Medal Winner)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780399231599
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  Chato's Kitchen

  By Gary Soto, Susan Guevara (Illustrator)

  Chato, a real cool cat from East Los Angeles, invites his new mouse neighbors for dinner—without telling them they are the main course.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 1996 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780399226588
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  Snapshots from the Wedding

  By Gary Soto, Stephanie Garcia (Illustrator)

  Maya, the flower girl, is busy snapping pictures at this lively Mexican American wedding. She captures the groom with his arm in a cast due to a softball accident, the bride with gifts of money pinned to her dress, the mariachis with their instruments, and the younger guests playing in their dress-up clothes.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 1998 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780399228087