Happy Dia de los Muertos! Duncan Tonatiuh Joins Jolene Guti��rrez in Conversation

As far as I can tell, today is Dia de los Muertos, and to celebrate I am absolutely honored and delighted to host a conversation between two picture book powerhouses. Jolene Guti��rrez, a veteran teacher librarian, has written a picture book called The Ofrenda That We Built (Chronicle Books, out now). A cumulative tale, the book reminds me of both The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred and An Ofrenda for Perro. Jolene explains where the book came from this way:

“My husband immigrated to Am...