Although this is a middle-grade dystopian novel, it is poetically magical while honoring the storytelling of our ancestors and Mexican folklore. Watercress also won the Asian Pacific American award for best picture book at Monday’s ceremony. 'The Last Cuentista is a beautiful middle grade story of a young Latina who must leave a no longer inhabitable Earth and learns the importance of adapting. The story follows Petra Pea who, along with her family and a few hundred others, leave Earth to continue the human race after a comet strikes the planet. His incredible, luminous, exquisite art not only brought the story to life but also brought lost family back to me,” she said. The Last Cuentista is a middle-grade dystopian novel by Donna Barba Higuera, published Octoby Levine Querido. “I can’t express how much I wanted to win the Caldecott. Overjoyed,” tweeted Chin on learning of his win. At first, the girl is embarrassed, but changes her mind when her mother tells her a story about the family’s time in China. The picture book, which was written by Andrea Wang, tells the story of a child of Chinese immigrants who stop off while driving through Ohio to harvest watercress they see growing wild. The awards, which are run by the American Library Association, also saw the Caldecott medal for the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children go to Jason Chin’s Watercress. “I have pinched myself, squeezed my eyes super tight, and it’s all still real life! What a day! Taking a minute to digest over here,” said Higuera on learning of her win.
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