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My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders/Mis Zapatos Y Yo: Cruzando Tres Fronteras
by René Colato Laínez
Illustrator: Fabricio Vanden Broeck
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Piñata Books/Arte Público
ISBN: 978-1-55885-884-8
Keywords: Diversity, Family, El Salvador, Immigrants, Immigration, Picture Books for Older Readers, Bilingual, Undocumented immigrants
Wearing sturdy new shoes from his mother in the United States, a boy and his father travel through rain, mud, mountains, and rivers to join her. Painterly evocative illustrations. Bilingual.