Dear Primo
A Letter to My Cousin

I love this author. He also wroteDiego Rivera: His World and Ours, which I read in my Art in Picture Books class! In a style evocative of Aztec art, Tonatiuh tells the story of two boys: one in America and one in Mexico. The cousins write letters back and forth comparing their experiences. From week......more

Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of a letter sent between two cousins. Carlitos lives in rural Mexico, while Charlie lives in urban America. The two boys share their daily lives, showing the differences but also the similarities between them. For example Carlitos......more

When I was growing up I spent the majority of my time playing and hanging out with my cousins. I, for one, could not imagine what my childhood would have been like if my cousins lived in a different city, let alone a different country. The very thing I could not handle Carlito and Charlie deal with......more

Genre: Realistic Fiction Recommended grade level: 3-5 Format: Picture book Major Awards: 2011 Pura Belpré Honor Book Summary: Two young boys, cousins, act as pen pals. They write back and forth about their daily lives; one from Mexico, and the other living in the United States. The boys learn that......more

One cousin in America and one cousin in Mexico write letters back and forth describing their lives. Carlitos lives on a farm in Mexico with all sorts of animals. Charlie lives in a city filled with skyscrapers and lights. The lives of the two boys are contrasted with one another from food and games......more