Duncan Tonatiuh

Duncan Tonatiuh (toh-nah-tee-YOU) is an award-winning author-illustrator. He is both Mexican and American. He grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and graduated from Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College in New York City. His artwork is inspired by pre-Columbian art. His aim is to create images and stories that honor the past but are relevant to today’s people, especially children. His books include A Land of Books, Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns, and Separate Is Never Equal. He currently lives in San Miguel with his family but travels in the United States often.

Duncan Tonatiuh's Titles

Pancho conejo y el coyote La fábula de un migrante (Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote Spanish Edition)

Pancho conejo y el coyote

Pancho conejo y el coyote es un libro ilustrado alegórico sobre las dificultades y luchas de la inmigración del galardonado autor e ilustrador...

¡Felicidades! A Celebration with Shapes (A Picture Book)

¡Felicidades!

Explore a world of shapes in this vibrant, bilingual picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Duncan TonatiuhFrom award-winning and...

La princesa y el guerrero Una leyenda de dos volcanes (The Princess and the Warrior Spanish Edition)

La princesa y el guerrero

Galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh da vida a una querida leyenda mexicana ¡Mención de Honor del Premio Pura Belpré al Ilustrador y un Libro...

¡Fiesta! A Festival of Colors

¡Fiesta!

Explore a world of colors in ¡Fiesta!, a vibrant, bilingual picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh. A celebratory...

Game of Freedom Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira

Game of Freedom

In the powerful, vibrant biography Game of Freedom, award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the legacy of a legendary capoeira player,...

Juego de libertad Mestre Bimba y el arte de la capoeira (Game of Freedom Spanish Edition)

Juego de libertad

En esta biografía impactante y vibrante, el galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh echa luz sobre el legado de un legendario capoeirista, Mestre...

Separados no somos iguales Sylvia Méndez y la lucha de su familia por la integración (Separate Is Never Equal Spanish Edition)

Separados no somos iguales

Siete años antes de Brown v. Board of Education, la familia Méndez luchó para acabar con la segregación en las escuelas de California. Descubre...

Día de Muertos: Números A Day of the Dead Counting Book

Día de Muertos: Números

Count up to ten in this bilingual picture book celebrating Día de Muertos / Day of the Dead from award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh...

Land of Books Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters

A Land of Books

Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh sheds light on the significance of Aztec manuscripts and culture in his picture book A Land...

Child of the Flower-Song People Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Child of the Flower-Song People

Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical picture book biography of an Indigenous Nahua...

Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns A Mesoamerican Creation Myth

Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns

Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings an ancient Mesoamerican creation myth to life in the picture book Feathered Serpent...

Soldier for Equality José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War

Soldier for Equality

Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War is the incredible story of one man's fight for Mexican American civil rights,...

Undocumented A Worker's Fight

Undocumented

Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh's picture book is "a gorgeous, timely, and necessary offering about the daily plight of...

Danza! Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México

Danza!

In the picture book Danza!, award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Amalia Hernández, dancer and founder of...

Princess and the Warrior A Tale of Two Volcanoes

The Princess and the Warrior

In the picture book Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings a cherished...

Funny Bones Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

Funny Bones

ANew York TimesBest Illustrated Children's Books of 2015A Robert F. Sibert Award Winner A Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor BookAn ALA/ALSC...

Separate Is Never Equal Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

Separate Is Never Equal

Seven years before Brown v. Board of Education, the Mendez family fought to end segregation in California schools. Discover their incredible...

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote A Migrant's Tale

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote is an allegorical picture book about the hardships and struggles of immigration from award-winning children's book...

Diego Rivera His World and Ours

Diego Rivera

Discover the life and legacy of celebrated Mexican artist Diego Rivera in this picture book by award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh.A...

Dear Primo A Letter to My Cousin

Dear Primo

Two cousinsone in the United States and one in Mexicolearn their lives aren't so different in Dear Primo, a charming picture book from award-winning...