![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The adventure begins when Papa and his migrant companions, Señors Ram and Rooster, fail to return at the appointed time. MY TWO CENTS: Who does not love a fable, beautifully told? Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote is an allegory of migration, simplified for young children and illustrated with highly original art adapted from the style of Mixtec codices. They travel together until the food is gone and the coyote decides he is still hungry…for Pancho!Īward-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to light the hardship and struggles facing families who seek to make better lives for themselves by illegally crossing the borders. He soon meets a coyote, who offers to help Pancho in exchange for some of Papa’s favorite foods. 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. When Papa does not return home on the designated day, Pancho sets out to find him. Papa Rabbit left two years ago to travel far away north to find work in the great lettuce and carrot fields to earn money for his family. DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK JACKET: A young rabbit named Pancho eagerly awaits his papa’s return. ![]()
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