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• Commended for Pura Belpre Award (Author) 2022

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Amescua enhances her flowing prose with natural imagery (mountains, winds, blossoms), as if Amescua is re-grounding Luz's Nahua identity into the very earth. Tonatiuh's magnificent signature style. . .couldn't be more ideal for animating Amescua's illuminating text. . .This perfectly paired collaboration provides both reclamation and revelation. -- Shelf Awareness Child of the Flower-Song People deftly balances fascinating biographical moments with an earnest sense of social justice for the indigenous people of Mexico. -- David Bowles, author of My Two Border Towns Threaded with cultural insights, poetic language, and stylized art, Jimenez comes to life. . .. A timely and thought-provoking true story. -- Donna Janell Bowman, author of King of the Tightrope Tonatiuh's hand-drawn, digitally collaged illustrations, with an iconographic nod to the Mixtec codices, are rich in color and texture. Indeed, it's this complicated relationship between old traditions and modern influences that make his art such a good complement to Amescua's text. -- The Horn Book Magazine Amescua succeeds in introducing Luz. . .Closely following the text, the illustrations bring Luz to life. An important window into the ravages of colonialism and the plight of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. -- Kirkus Reviews Child of the Flower-Song People is a gift to young readers, all of whom should know how Luz Jimenez carried on the skills, beauty, and pride of native Mexican people. -- Cynthia Levinson, author of The People's Painter **STARRED REVIEW** Tonatiuh's beautiful pre-Columbian illustrations provide a vivid play-by-play of events and evoke Jimenez's ultimate impact on the art world. An author's note gives more historical context, and a time line, glossary, and bibliography make this a valuable source for student researchers. -- School Library Journal **STARRED REVIEW** Amescua's spare yet lyrical text reminds readers that Luz was a 'child of the flower-song people, / . . . who lost their land, but who did not disappear.' She also notes the harsh treatment Luz endured at government schools designed to stifle Indigenous culture. Tonatiuh's signature Mixtec-inspired art is a delight... Luz's traditional stories are depicted as outlined carvings in the mountainous landscape and seem to emanate from Luz's mouth somewhat like a speech balloon. -- Booklist **STARRED REVIEW** Amescua sensitively excavates the compelling story of the woman known as the spirit of Mexico . . .Tonatiuh's hand-drawn, digitally collaged images mix motifs from Indigenous Mexican art with modern textures, celebrating the endurance and resilience of treasured traditions in a changing world. -- Publishers Weekly

Amescua enhances her flowing prose with natural imagery (mountains, winds, blossoms), as if Amescua is re-grounding Luz's Nahua identity into the very earth. Tonatiuh's magnificent signature style. . .couldn't be more ideal for animating Amescua's illuminating text. . .This perfectly paired collaboration provides both reclamation and revelation. -- Shelf Awareness Amescua succeeds in introducing Luz. . .Closely following the text, the illustrations bring Luz to life. An important window into the ravages of colonialism and the plight of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. -- Kirkus Reviews Child of the Flower-Song People deftly balances fascinating biographical moments with an earnest sense of social justice for the indigenous people of Mexico. -- David Bowles, author of My Two Border Towns Threaded with cultural insights, poetic language, and stylized art, Jimenez comes to life. . .. A timely and thought-provoking true story. -- Donna Janell Bowman, author of King of the Tightrope Tonatiuh's hand-drawn, digitally collaged illustrations, with an iconographic nod to the Mixtec codices, are rich in color and texture. Indeed, it's this complicated relationship between old traditions and modern influences that make his art such a good complement to Amescua's text. -- The Horn Book Magazine **STARRED REVIEW** Amescua sensitively excavates the compelling story of the woman known as the spirit of Mexico . . .Tonatiuh's hand-drawn, digitally collaged images mix motifs from Indigenous Mexican art with modern textures, celebrating the endurance and resilience of treasured traditions in a changing world. -- Publishers Weekly **STARRED REVIEW** Amescua's spare yet lyrical text reminds readers that Luz was a 'child of the flower-song people, / . . . who lost their land, but who did not disappear.' She also notes the harsh treatment Luz endured at government schools designed to stifle Indigenous culture. Tonatiuh's signature Mixtec-inspired art is a delight... Luz's traditional stories are depicted as outlined carvings in the mountainous landscape and seem to emanate from Luz's mouth somewhat like a speech balloon. -- Booklist **STARRED REVIEW** Tonatiuh's beautiful pre-Columbian illustrations provide a vivid play-by-play of events and evoke Jimenez's ultimate impact on the art world. An author's note gives more historical context, and a time line, glossary, and bibliography make this a valuable source for student researchers. -- School Library Journal Child of the Flower-Song People is a gift to young readers, all of whom should know how Luz Jimenez carried on the skills, beauty, and pride of native Mexican people. -- Cynthia Levinson, author of The People's Painter

Amescua succeeds in introducing Luz. . .Closely following the text, the illustrations bring Luz to life. An important window into the ravages of colonialism and the plight of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. -- Kirkus Reviews

Author Information

Gloria Amescua is an educator, poet, and children’s book writer. She was awarded Lee & Low’s 2016 New Voices Honor Award for her manuscript about Luz Jiménez and was named a finalist for the Austin Chapter Cynthia Leitich Smith Mentorship Award and We Need Diverse Books’ mentorship program. This is her debut picture book. Duncan Tonatiuh’s books have won numerous awards: Diego Rivera won the Pura Belpré Illustration Award; Pancho Rabbit won two Pura Belpré Honor awards, for illustration and narrative; Separate Is Never Equal won the prestigious Sibert Honor Award; and Funny Bones won the Sibert Award. He lives in Mexico.

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