A 2015 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a "Whites only" school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.Praise for Separate is Never EqualSTARRED REVIEWS"Tonatiuh masterfully combines text and folk-inspired art to add an important piece to the mosaic of U.S. civil rights history." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Younger children will be outraged by the injustice of the Mendez family story but pleased by its successful resolution. Older children will understand the importance of the 1947 ruling that desegregated California schools, paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education seven years later." --School Library Journal, starred review "Tonatiuh (Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote) offers an illuminating account of a family's hard-fought legal battle to desegregate California schools in the years before Brown v. Board of Education." --Publishers Weekly "Pura Belpre Award-winning Tonatiuh makes excellent use of picture-book storytelling to bring attention to the 1947 California ruling against public-school segregation." --Booklist "The straightforward narrative is well matched with the illustrations in Tonatiuh's signature style, their two-dimensional perspective reminiscent of the Mixtec codex but collaged with paper, wood, cloth, brick, and (Photoshopped) hair to provide textural variation. This story deserves to be more widely known, and now, thanks to this book, it will be." --The Horn Book Magazine

About the Author
Duncan Tonatiuh was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. His first book, Dear Primo, was praised by School Library Journal as "an excellent tool for explaining how cultures connect." It was given the Pura Belpre Honour for Illustration in 2011.

Reviews

** STARRED REVIEW**
"Tonatiuh masterfully combines text and folk-inspired art to add an important piece to the mosaic of U.S. civil rights history."

* Kirkus Reviews *

** STARRED REVIEW**
"Younger children will be outraged by the injustice of the Mendez family story but pleased by its successful resolution. Older children will understand the importance of the 1947 ruling that desegregated California schools, paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education seven years later."

* School Library Journal *
Tonatiuh (Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote) offers an illuminating account of a family's hard-fought legal battle to desegregate California schools in the years before Brown v. Board of Education. * Publishers Weekly *
Pura Belpre Award-winning Tonatiuh makes excellent use of picture-book storytelling to bring attention to the 1947 California ruling against public-school segregation. * Booklist *
The straightforward narrative is well matched with the illustrations in Tonatiuh's signature style, their two-dimensional perspective reminiscent of the Mixtec codex but collaged with paper, wood, cloth, brick, and (Photoshopped) hair to provide textural variation. This story deserves to be more widely known, and now, thanks to this book, it will be. * The Horn Book Magazine *


Awards
Winner of Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature (Children/Young Adult) 2015 and Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Bks for Younger Children) 2015. Commended for Pura Belpre Award (Illustrator) 2015 and Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2016 and Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (Children's Book) 2015 and Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2015 and Orbis Pictus Award 2015 and Cybils (Nonfiction) 2014. Short-listed for Bluebonnet Awards 2016 and Beehive Awards (Informational) 2016 and Alabama Camellia Award (Nonfiction (Grades 4-5)) 2015.



Book Information
ISBN 9781419710544
Author Duncan Tonatiuh
Format Hardback
Page Count 40
Imprint Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publisher Abrams
Weight(grams) 440g
Dimensions(mm) 288mm * 231mm * 10mm