The Invisible Parade
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- $229.00
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- $229.00
Descripción editorial
★ Winner of the Pura Belpré Award Honor for Illustration!★
★ A National Bestseller! ★
The picture book debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo and World Fantasy Award winner John Picacio.
It’s time to join the party! Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Día de Muertos in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated tour de force about family, love, and overcoming grief.
Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party.
Everyone knew somebody on the guest list . . .
This was the day the dead returned.
There’s a party tonight, but Cala doesn’t want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she’s not afraid.
But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.
Brimming with magic and humor, The Invisible Parade is the first picture-book collaboration between award-winner John Picacio and New York Times bestselling Leigh Bardugo. Set on the night of Día de Muertos, Cala’s story is one of love, loss, and the courage that can be found in unexpected places.
"An understated masterclass in processing grief through culture." ―Booklist, starred review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bardugo and Picacio collaborate on a stirring story of personal and familial observance in this sweeping work. As young Cara's family readies for the Día de los Muertos celebration, the girl feels deep grief about the death of her grandfather, whose scarlet scarf she wears over a skeleton suit. While the family prepares by cooking, picking up loaves of orange-scented bread and bunches of marigolds, and building an ofrenda, Cara cannot help but lament. Upon entering the cemetery, she becomes lost, encountering four elaborately depicted horsemen, each of which stands for a specific concept. The fourth, Death, shows Cara a magnificent "invisible parade"—the living and dead joyfully mingling—and explains both that "I am nothing to fear" and that her ancestors are with her still. Truly captivating graphite-rendered artwork layers in cultural cues while moving from sepia to saturated jewel tones, and intentionally paced, chapter-book-like narration plumbs moving connections between grieving and rejoicing. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Creator notes conclude. Ages 5–9.
