Hamilton East Public Library: 2021 ...

Press release from the Hamilton East Public Library:

Abbey Venable

2021-07-12

Books Build Bridges is a community read program hosted by Hamilton East Public Library each fall to build community through shared experience, provide diverse reading opportunities and engage our community with noted authors. Featured books this year are The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande (Adults and Young Readers Edition) and Pancho Rabbitt and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh (Picture Book).

Join our community in reading, participating in book discussions, and meeting the award-winning authors.

Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us, where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child immigrant.  Her books have been adopted as the common read selection by schools, colleges and cities across the country.

Duncan Tonatiuh (toh-nah-tee-YOU) is a Mexican-American author and illustrator of several award-winning children’s books. He grew up in San Miguel de Allende, México and graduated from Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College in New York City. His aim is to create images and stories that honor the past, but that are relevant to people, especially children, nowadays

Get A Copy of the Book

 Pick up a free copy of the featured novels (yours to keep, available while supplies last) at the Noblesville or the Fishers library beginning August 15, 2021. Or, borrow from our bookshelves or digitally through the library’s eBook collection: The Distance Between Us and Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh.

The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande

The Distance Between Us is a memoir that represents the struggles of a family torn apart by poverty in Mexico and the search for a better life in the United States. Reyna’s journey as a girl to cross the US-Mexico border to join her family in Los Angeles is chronicled in her memoir, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A Young Readers edition of this book is also available, suggested for grades 6-9.

Adults | In-Person and Virtual Event

Teens | Virtual Event

Book Discussion with Author | Virtual Event

Author Talks | In-Person and Virtual Events

 Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote, a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Honor Book and ALA/ALSC Notable Children’s Book and winner of the Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, is an allegorical picture book about the hardship and struggles of migrant workers and their families.

Parents and Educators |Virtual Event

Children and Families | Virtual Event

This press release was produced by the Hamilton East Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.