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K-3
Illustrated by
Ann Grifalconi.
Julio, a little boy growing up in rural Mexico, is gifted at carving wooden animals. But rather than enter them in the annual contest and possibly earn much-needed money, he helps his near-blind mentor win the contest instead. Grifalconi's collage illustrations, made from fuzzy digitally manipulated photographs, distance the reader from Dorros's spare, moving story.