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Pilgrim codex /

A picture book about one immigrant family's journey north through the eyes of a child, illustrated in the vein of an ancient codex and drawing upon Mesoamerican mythology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mansour Manzur, Vivian (Author)
Other Authors: Valtierra, Emmanuel (Illustrator), Rodríguez Cortez, Carlos (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Text in English, translated from the Spanish.
Published: Montclair [New Jersey] : Levine Querido, 2025.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Mexico > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Mexico > Social conditions > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrant families > Mexico > Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Mexican > Juvenile fiction.
Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Mexico > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
Mexican mythology > Fiction.
Imagination > Fiction.
Picture books.
Familles immigrantes > Mexique > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Émigration et immigration > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Mythologie mexicaine > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / General.
Description
Summary:A picture book about one immigrant family's journey north through the eyes of a child, illustrated in the vein of an ancient codex and drawing upon Mesoamerican mythology.
Item Description:Translation of: Códice peregrino.
"This is an Em Querido book"--Title page verso.
Originally published in 2022 as Códice peregrino.
Physical Description:39 unnumbered pages: color illustrations ; 17 x 25 cm
Awards:USBBY. Outstanding Int'l Books List, 2026 ; Mildred L. Batchelder Honor, 2026
ISBN:9781646145157
1646145151