Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Format: Book Author: Bowles, David (David O.), author. Title: My two border towns / by David Bowles ; illustrated by Erika Meza. Publisher, Date: New York : Kokila, 2021. ©2021 Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm Summary: "A boy and his father cross the United States-Mexico border every other Saturday, visiting their favorite places, spending time with family and friends, and sharing in the responsibility of community care"-- Provided by publisher. Target Audience Note: Grades 1-3. Kokila. Subjects: Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. City and town life -- Juvenile fiction. Mexican Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction. Border crossing -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Fathers and sons -- Fiction. City and town life -- Fiction. Mexican Americans -- Fiction. Emigration and immigration -- Fiction. Mexican-American Border Region -- Juvenile fiction. United States -- Juvenile fiction. Mexico -- Juvenile fiction. United States -- Fiction. Mexico -- Fiction. Genre: Children's stories -- Pictorial works. Picture books. Other Contributor: Meza, Erika, illustrator. Notes: Text is in English, with some Spanish words. LCCN: 2021002305 ISBN: 9780593111048 hardcover 0593111044 hardcover electronic publication kindle edition OCLC: 1225190054 System Availability: 3 # System items in: 3 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Publishers Weekly Review"Every other Saturday," this story's child narrator and his father, who reside in the U.S., set out for the Mexican side of the border near where they live. Meza (Balloons for Papa) pours artistry into mixed-media images of the towns, which mirror each other across the river--"a watery serpent that glints with the dawn," writes Bowles (Rise of the Halfling King), making his picture book debut. The two show their documents and cross the boundary into the town, brought to life visually with sunny shades of yellow, brick red, and magenta. They make stops at the boy's aunt and uncle's jewelry shop, at a grocery for snacks, a doctor's office for medication, then take much of what they've gathered to a family who is camping along the border bridge: "Refugees... Stuck between countries. The U.S. says there's no room, and Mexico says it can hardly look after its own gente." Acknowledging their own "duty to care for our gente," and the "cards that give us the freedom/ to travel back and forth," the father and son look forward--with warmth and care--to a "wonderful day," when passage between the border towns isn't limited. Ages 4--8. Author's agent: Taylor Martindale Kean, Full Circle Literary. Illustrator's agent: Claire Cartey, Holroyde Cartey. (Aug.) Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1