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2023

Title:	Ancient night / David Álvarez with David Bowles.
Author:	Bowles, David (David O.), author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	Montclair : Levine Querido, 2023. ©2023
Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:	"Ancient Night is a twist on two Nahuatl traditions: the rabbit which the Feathered Serpent placed on the moon, and Yaushu, the Lord Opossum who ruled the earth before humans came, and who stole fire from the gods to create the sun. Award-winning author David Bowles has written a poetic text--and carefully researched backmatter--to accompany David [Álvarez]'s lush illustrations and story."-- From publisher's description.
Subjects:	Nahuas -- Mexico -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature. Animals -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature. Tales -- Mexico -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:	Picture books. Picture books for children. Folk tales.
Other Author:	Alvarez, David, illustrator. (Comic book artist)
ISBN:	9781646142514 1646142519
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David Álvarez is a graduate of the School of Design of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico (EDINBA) and the winner of numerous international illustration awards. Ancient Night is his first book published in English.

David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas. Among his multiple award-winning books are Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico, and They Call Me Güero. His translation of The Sea-Ringed World garnered a Batchelder Honor and was a finalist for the International Latino Book Award. In 2017, David was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.

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