PABLO AND PIMIENTA

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author (last name first):
Covault, Ruth C.

Publisher, Date of Publication: 

Northland Publishing/ 1994

Grade Level/ or Age Level: 

1st and Up

Classification: Fiction 

 

This is a story of courage, bravery and survival. It is cold, dark , rainy morning. Pablo, his father, and uncle are on their way from Mexico to Arizona to work in the melon fields. Pablo is riding in the back of the truck when suddenly he falls out from the back of the truck. His dad does not realize Pablo is missing and crosses the Mexican boarder leaving Pablo alone in the desert. The young boy forms and unlikely friendship with a young coyote named Pimeinta. Together they overcome their fears. They take a dangerous  journey through the desert and are determined to find their way back to the young boy's father. This book is a bilingual book, and the illustrations capture the mood of the story. 

 

Reviewed By Cristina Delgodo ( Midwestern State University Student in Dr. Linda Prieto's Class)