The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie by Aldama, Frederick Luis

The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814255865)

Vendor: Frederick Luis Aldama
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie by Aldama, Frederick Luis

The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie

$9.95
The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie by Aldama, Frederick Luis

The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie

$9.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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In their debut picture book, Frederick Luis Aldama and Chris Escobar invite young readers along on the adventures of Chupacabra Charlie, a polite, handsome, and unusually tall ten-year-old chupacabra yearning for adventure beyond the edge of los Estados Unidos. Little does Charlie know when he befriends a young human, Lupe, that together, with only some leftover bacon quesadillas and a few cans of Jumex, they might just encounter more adventure than they can handle. Along the way, they meet strange people and terrifying danger, and their bravery will be put to the test. Thankfully, Charlie is a reassuring and winsome companion who never doubts that he and Lupe will return safely home.
With magical realism, allegory, and gentle humor, Aldama and Escobar have created a story that will resonate with young and old readers alike as it incorporates folklore into its subtle take on the current humanitarian crisis at the border.


Author: Frederick Luis Aldama
ISBN-10: 0814255868
ISBN-13: 9780814255865
Publisher: Mad Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 06/02/2020
Pages: 36
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2020
Booklist 06/01/2020 pg. 84
By Frederick Luis Aldama
By Frederick Luis Aldama
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Frederick Luis Aldama is Irish-Guatemalan and Mexican Latinx. His mamá was a bilingual elementary school teacher in California. As a kid, he couldn't get enough of his abuelita's stories of El Chupacabra, La Llorona, and El Cucuy. Today he is Distinguished University Professor at The Ohio State University. He is the author, coauthor, editor, and coeditor of 36 books.

Chris Escobar is a printmaker and cartoonist currently living in Savannah, Georgia. He has an MFA in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Chris has created illustrations for the comic anthology Floating Head and editorial illustrations for Dirt Rag magazine, among other publications.

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