Two White Rabbits
- Subject
- Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 56
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books
- Size
- 22.4 cm Ă 21.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9781554987412
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border.
They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesnât know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn more money before they can continue their journey.
As many thousands of people, especially children, in Mexico and Central America continue to make the arduous journey to the US border in search of a better life, this is an important book that shows a young migrantâs perspective.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
About the creators
Jairo BuitragoAuthor
Author JAIRO BUITRAGO has collaborated with Rafael Yockteng on several picture books, including Jimmy the Greatest! (six starred reviews), Two White Rabbits (three starred reviews), Walk with Me (three starred reviews), Lion and Mouse (two starred reviews) and Wounded Falcons (two starred reviews and named a USBBY Outstanding International Book). Jairo has also won the Hispanoamericano Castillo prize for children's literature and the Antonio GarcĂa Cubas Award. He lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
Rafael YocktengIllustrator
RAFAEL YOCKTENG has illustrated many highly acclaimed childrenâs books, including Afterward, Everything was Different: A Tale From the Pleistocene; Wounded Falcons (two starred reviews and named a USBBY Outstanding International Book); Jimmy the Greatest! (six starred reviews); Two White Rabbits (three starred reviews); and Walk with Me (three starred reviews) by Jairo Buitrago. Rafaelâs books have been included on IBBYâs Honor List, the Horn Book Fanfare and in the White Ravens Catalogue. He lives in BogotĂĄ, Colombia.
Elisa AmadoTranslator
ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el DĂa de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the AmĂ©ricas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.
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What reviewers said
âThis beautiful, understated story is extremely important right now; it will resonate with many and open the eyes of children unfamiliar with the experience of immigration.â
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