For fans of Duncan Tonatiuh and Yuyi Morales' Dreamers, a one-of-a-kind picture book about one immigrant family's journey north, illustrated in the vein of an ancient codex and drawing upon Mesoamerican mythology.

We, the Vargas Ram�rez family, come from a faraway place north of Tenochtitlan called Iztapalapa, Land of Clay Upon Water. A land surrounded by cars and dry grass; a place where the pieces of our small world were scattered. For some time we lived there, but then one day my father heard a beautiful birdsong that rose up and appeared to say tihui, tihui, tihui: let’s go, let’s go, let’s go. And so we gathered up our friends who made up that small world and decided to head north, for the other side, and a better life.

Together the Boy and his family will journey from the Land of the Frogs to The Place Where Feet Cry to the River Where the Waters Tangle, fleeing Gunmen and braving Coyotes and plunging darknesses as black as an obsidian forest. Originally published in Mexico, Pilgrim Codex (C�dice peregrino) captures through the eyes of a child one family's part in the ever-changing and fleeting story of the brave migrant warriors who search for a better place to live.

About the Author

Vivian Mansour is a Mexican writer. She studied communication sciences and has collaborated on different media such as radio, television, and magazines. She has also worked in the creative area for several advertising agencies. She is the author of many short stories for children. Among the recognitions she has received are the FILIJ Short Stories for Children Award and the A la Orilla del Viento Award.

Author residence: Mexico City

Emmanuel Valtierra is a Texan Mexican illustrator. He studied graphic design at the Visual Arts Faculty in Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n. Since 2016, he has focused on creating different projects related to the Aztec culture, among which stands out Codex Valtierra that won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2018. Through his work, he intends to instill Mexican pre-Hispanic cultures and to show its ancestral arts to new generations.

Illustrator residence: San Antonio, TX

Carlos Rodr�guez Cortez was born in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. At six-months old, Carlos arrived in the United States, and with time, he and his family settled in Los Angeles, the city Carlos now considers home. Carlos graduated from Yale University with two bachelor's degrees in political science and Spanish language. Since leaving school, Carlos has worked in education, both as a teacher and strategist. In his free time, you can find Carlos tending to his pepper plants, adding to his vinyl collection, writing in his journal, or riding the Los Angeles Metro.

Translator residence: Los Angeles, CA

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