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Name: Dear primo
Author: Duncan Tonatiuh

Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar.

First publish date: 2009

Authors: Duncan Tonatiuh

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A tale of a young rabbit's journey to find his father, who works in the fields of El Norte, accompanied by a coyote and a guidebook with a Pura Belpre Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh.

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