{"id":43144,"date":"2024-01-26T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43144"},"modified":"2024-01-26T23:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T04:00:32","slug":"review-of-mexikid-by-pedro-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=43144","title":{"rendered":"Review of Mexikid, by Pedro Mart\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mexikid<\/p>\n

A Graphic Memoir<\/em><\/p>\n

by Pedro Mart\u00edn<\/p>\n

Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023. 316 pages.
\nReview written January 3, 2024, from a library book.
\nStarred Review
\n2024 Newbery Honor Book
\n2024 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Award Winner for Illustrator and Author
\n2024 Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook
\n2023 Sonderbooks Stand-out<\/a>: #8 Children’s Nonfiction<\/p>\n

It’s no secret that I think graphic novel memoirs celebrating middle school years are the best thing ever. In this one, the author looks to be a little younger than middle school, and he and his family went on an amazing adventure. Pedro’s the 7th of 9 children, and his whole family hit the road in a Winnebago in 1977 and drove to Mexico to pick up his Abuelito and bring him back to California. Hijinks ensue.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I can’t do justice to all that’s in here. Pedro loves to draw, and imagines his Abuelito as a superhero, based on the stories of his time during the Mexican Revolution. But then when he sees Abuelito, he does some feats of amazing strength.<\/p>\n

Seriously, if you don’t think traveling in a Winnebago with a whole bunch of kids has all kinds of funny things to write about, you’ve never done it. Hmm. My family did that a few years before Pedro’s family, when there were probably 8 kids. But we didn’t have to deal with crossing a border and getting toys confiscated and nothing to listen to except “Shipoopi.”<\/p>\n

You’re going to have to trust me that this book is hilarious and fun and full of adventure, because I don’t even know how to start describing details. It’s also about family – siblings and cousins, parents and grandparents, and a classic road trip bringing them all together.<\/p>\n

mexikid.com<\/a>
\nPenguin.com\/kids<\/a><\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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Mexikid A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Mart\u00edn Dial Books for Young Readers, 2023. 316 pages. Review written January 3, 2024, from a library book. Starred Review 2024 Newbery Honor Book 2024 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Award Winner for Illustrator and Author 2024 Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook 2023 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #8 Children’s Nonfiction It’s no secret that I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,11,82,31,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-childrens-nonfiction-review","category-graphic-memoir","category-stand-outs","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43235,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43144\/revisions\/43235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}