Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin

Meet Charlie and Carlitos. Charlie lives in the United States. Carlitos, his cousin, lives in Mexico. Charlie takes the subway to school, plays basketball with his friends, and loves pizza. Carlitos rides his bike to school, plays soccer at recess, and his favorite food is quesadillas.

Their lives seem different, but do Charlie and Carlitos have more in common than meets the eye?

• Meet Carlitos and his life in rural Mexico.
  
• Learn what is different in his daily life and what is the same, compared to life in the United States.
  
• Learn that children everywhere can be very similar, even if their clothes, food, and homes are very different.
  
• And much more.
  

"Goal! I just got a letter from my cousin. I live in the United States, but he lives in Mexico, where my family is from. Maybe we'll meet someday." Through excerpts from letters written back and forth, the two cousins discover they have more in common than the boundaries of their lives, communities, and countries suggest.

Through his illustrations and story, Duncan Tonatiuh introduces young readers to a very timely idea: that community extends beyond neighborhoods and schools.