The large, flat watercolor spreads extend almost to the full length of the pages, leaving room for the brief text across the bottom. "It was so good to see him that I forgot to worry about where he had been," says Napí. None of the creatures they meet knows where their father is until an armadillo announces, "The family is finally together again." In company with the animals that are "like brothers and sisters, children of the same mother, of the Earth," the children race home to a joyful reunion with their father. Their quest leads them on a magical journey upriver and through the jungle, where they encounter animals prominent in Mexican folklore and are transformed into deer. Grade 1–3-In this second story about Napí, the young Mazateca girl's father hasn't returned from work in the fields, so she and her younger brother go in search of him.
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