Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• List: Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award
• Format: Book
• Award year: 2017

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  Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist

  By Susan Wood, Duncan Tonatiuh (Illustrator)

  Duncan Tonatiuh creates a sense of sound and movement through energetic, textured collage illustrations that celebrate the life of innovative Mexican musician and composer Juan García Esquivel. Incorporating funky fonts and far-out fashions, Tonatiuh's unique artistic style harkens back to indigenous codex art and lends cultural authenticity to this pulsating picture-book biography.

  • Nonfiction, Arts, Performing Arts, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2017, Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2017 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9781580896733
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  Lowriders to the Center of the Earth

  By Cathy Camper, Raúl Gonzalez (Illustrator)

  The Lowriders journey to the center of the earth to retrieve their beloved cat, Genie, in this energetic graphic novel. The ballpoint pen art creates a fantastical borderlands odyssey, packed with subversively playful cultural references that affirm a vibrant Chicanx cultura.

  • Fiction, Graphic Novels
  • Notable Children's Books 2017, Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2017 (Medal Winner)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781452123431
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  The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale Of Two Volcanoes

  By Duncan Tonatiuh

  The legend of Mexico's mythic volcanoes, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, unfolds in this exquisite version of an ancient love story. The stylized codex-inspired art renews and reinterprets the tradition of Aztec flor y canto using a palette of earth tones and celestial blues to illuminate this artistic retelling.

  • Fiction, Action, Adventure
  • Notable Children's Books 2017, Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award 2017 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9781419721304