Description: Meet the animals that call the US-Mexico borderlands home in this vibrant picture book from nonfiction star Alexander Vidal that illuminates creatures not divided by their opposites but connected by the one amazing habitat they call home.
Welcome to la frontera, the borderlands. This incredible place where two countries meet is filled with high mountain peaks, deep desert canyons, lush grasslands, and verdant wetlands. An amazing array of animals calls this landscape home, from big (grande) bison to pequeño (small) prairie dogs, plain (sencillo) pumas to estampado (patterned) jaguars, smooth (suave) beavers to afilado (sharp) porcupines. With gorgeous illustrations, English and Spanish text, and fascinating information about the creatures who live in the borderlands, this book shows how nature is united, not divided, by diversity and celebrates difference and connection in a shared landscape.Brief description: Originally from New Mexico, Alexander Vidal studied cultural anthropology and spent time living in Africa and Asia before starting his career in illustration. Travel, exploration, and a love of animals and wild spaces continue to drive the themes of his work. He is the illustrator of the board book So Many Feet; nonfiction family activity book I Love Birds!: 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander, and Explore Birds with Kids; and picture books Cougar Crossing!, Just You and Me, The Bone Wars, and Trapped in the Tar Pit. Opuesto: A Borderland Book of Opposites is Alexander's debut authored-illustrated picture book. He is a graduate of ArtCenter College of Design and lives in Los Angeles.