"In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn t know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they ..."
"In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn t know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they a ..."
"A deceptively simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home.The girl conjures up an imaginary companion, a lion, who will come with her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family’s credit), and he’ll keep her company all along the way until she is safe at home. He will a ..."
"From one of the great creative teams in picture books, On the Other Side of the Garden is about a city girl learning to accept the change brought about by her parents’ separation when she is taken to her grandmother’s house in the country and befriended by an owl, a frog and a mouse.When her father leaves her at her grandmother’s house, the young girl at the center of this story feels abandoned and lonely. Her mother has moved to anothe ..."
"Jimmy lives in a small Caribbean town where there's not a whole lot to do. Fortunately though, there is a boxing gym, and one day the owner, Don Apolinar, suggests that Jimmy start training. He also gives Jimmy a cardboard box full of books and newspaper clippings all about Muhammad Ali. Jimmy reads and re-reads as he never has before. He is swept with admiration for Ali who said, "I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was ..."
Cave Paintings (Hardcover) by JairoBuitrago Published 2020 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77306-172-6, ISBN: 1-77306-172-0
"Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends. One day, the mouse marches into the lion’s den without an invitation. Before the lion can eat him for breakfast, the mouse begs for mercy. “If you let me go, I might be able to return the favor.” The lion laughs at the idea of such a small, insignificant creature helping him out … until the ..."
Jimmy the Greatest! by JairoBuitrago 52 Pages, Published 2012 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-206-6, ISBN: 1-55498-206-5
"Groundwood Books / House ofAnansi Press 110 Spadina Avenue, Suite 801,
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2K4 or c/o Publishers Group West 1700 Fourth Street,
Berkeley, CA 94710 We acknowledge fortheirfinancial support ofour publishing
program the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF).
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Buitrago, Jairo Jimmy
the greatest! / Jairo Buitrago ; RafaelYockteng, illustrator; Elisa ..."
Lion and Mouse by JairoBuitrago 32 Pages, Published 2019 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-77306-320-1, ISBN: 1-77306-320-0
"English] Lion and mouse / written by Jairo Buitrago; pictures by Rafael Yockteng;
translated by Elisa Amado. ... B85Li 2019 j398.24'529757 C2018-904231-1
C2018-904232-X The mixed-media illustrations were created with an 8B pencil
with ..."
Walk with Me by JairoBuitrago 32 Pages, Published 2017 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-858-7, ISBN: 1-55498-858-6
"... (pdf) I. Yockteng, Rafael, illustrator II. Amado, Elisa, translator III. Title. IV. Title:
Camino a casa. English. PZ7.B8857Wa 2017 j863'.7 C2015-904608-4 C2015-
904609-2 The illustrations were sketched in pencil, scanned and then redrawn
and colored digitally. Design adapted by Michael Solomon from an original
design by Gabriela Martínez Nava ..."
Dos conejos blancos by JairoBuitrago 32 Pages, Published 2015 by Groundwood Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55498-742-9, ISBN: 1-55498-742-3
Ways to Make Friends (Hardback) by JairoBuitrago Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2022 by Greystone Books,Canada, Canada ISBN-13: 978-1-77164-975-9, ISBN: 1-77164-975-5