Illustrator: Domi (wife of the author)Translator: Elisa Amado
Rating: 4
Published 2006
Endpapers: Brown and white scene of nesting storks
The illustrations are water colors - browns with tie-dye-like slashes of color on main characters and the object being highlighted in the text. Faces are Picasso-y in a way. Very interesting!
The story is a dream-like quest story, deeply involving nature. When the father of a young Mazateca girl named Napi doesn't come home one day, she and her brother decide to find him. On their quest they become deer and can talk to other animals. It's not as hokey as it sounds - it's really quet a nice tor. It ends:
My mother walked over as soon as she saw us.
"Napi, did you go to school today?" she asked.
"No, Naa," I answered truthfully
Because even though, I never tell lies.
A great story to discuss!
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