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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti7aMU1xRyc
KidLit interview with Duncan Tonatiuh where he provides brief descriptions about some of his popular children's picture books.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/mexican-american-artist-brown-faces-needed-childrens-books
PBS Newshour interview with Duncan Tonatiuh about why Hispanic and Latino representation in children's books is necessary.

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Duncan Tonatiuh's virtual interview with the Texas Bluebonnet Award where he describes the inspiration and writing process behind his book The Princess and the Warrior, a retelling of a Mexican folklore tale.

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Duncan Tonatiuh- Images And Stories, Imágenes e Historias

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Undocumented (2018)
Américas Award
Danza! (2017)
Américas Award
Separate is Never Equal (2014)
Tomás Rivera Award, Américas Award, Jane Addams Award, Pura Belpré Illustration Honor

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Tonatiuh's Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale (2013) is a story about a young rabbit named Poncho who, with the help of a Coyote, makes the journey to find his father who had left in search for work up north in the "great carrot and lettuce" fields to make money for his family.  This story highlights the hardships of families who seek better lives for themselves and their children by illegally crossing the United States border from Mexico.  This book is a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Honor book and winner of the Tomás Rivera Award.

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Tonatiuh's Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras (2015) is an informational picture book about the life and inspiration behind the famous Mexican painter José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913).  The book highlights the cultural significance behind Posada's Calaveras, or "funny skeletons", and how they are incorporated today in Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations.  This book is a Pura Belpré Honor book, a New York Times' Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2015, an ALA/ ALSC Notable Children's Book, and a winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award.

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Duncan Tonatiuh's inspiration behind his children's book is to create stories where Latino children can relate to the characters and cultures represented in the stories.  Tonatiuh uses his experiences as being a student in both Mexico and the United States and as a child from a bicultural household to influence his stories about history, art, and social-justice experiences surrounding Latinos specifically from Mexico.  His illustrations are inspired by ancient Mexican Art, specifically from the Aztec, Mayan, and Mixtec cultures.

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Tonatiuh's picture book Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin (2010) details the story of two cousins, one who lives in rural Mexico and the other who lives in urban American.  As the two cousins write to each other and share about their cultures and lives, they begin to realize all the things they have in common even though they live so fart apart.  This book is a Pura Belpré Illustration Honor book.

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About – Duncan Tonatiuh- Images And Stories, Imágenes e Historias. (2019). Duncan Tonatiuh; duncantonatiuh.com. https://duncantonatiuh.com/about-me/

Dear Primo A Letter to My Cousin. (2022). Www.abramsbooks.com; ABRAMS. https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/dear-primo_9780810938724/

Duncan Tonatiuh Interview. (2017, February 4). Www.youtube.com; Texas Bluebonnet Award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omjUFunAsYE&t=96s

Duncan Tonatiuh Wants Latino Children to See Themselves in Books. (2014, June 23). NBC News; NBC Universal. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/duncan-tonatiuh-wants-latino-children-see-themselves-books-n136901

Funny Bones Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras. (2022). Www.abramsbooks.com; ABRAMS. https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/funny-bones_9781419716478/

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote A Migrant’s Tale. (2022). ABRAMS – the Art of Books since 1949; ABRAMS. https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/pancho-rabbit-and-the-coyote_9781419705830/

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Duncan Tonatiuh was born in Mexico City to an American father and Mexican mother.  He grew up in the city of San Miguel del Allende, Mexico but attended high school and college in the United States.  He is the author and illustrator of several award winning children's picture books.