The Invisible Parade
Published on 26. August 2025
Book
Hardback
60 pages
978-1-5101-1298-8 (ISBN)
Description
It's time to join the party! Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Dia de Muertos in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated tour de force about family, love, and overcoming grief from #1 bestselling superstar Leigh Bardugo and World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award-winner John Picacio.
Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party.
Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . .
This was the day the dead returned.
There's a party tonight, but Cala doesn't want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she's not afraid.
But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.
Brimming with magic and humor, The Invisible Parade is the first picture-book collaboration between award-winner John Picacio and New York Times bestselling Leigh Bardugo. Set on the night of Dia de Muertos, Cala's story is one of love, loss, and the courage that can be found in unexpected places.
Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party.
Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . .
This was the day the dead returned.
There's a party tonight, but Cala doesn't want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she's not afraid.
But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.
Brimming with magic and humor, The Invisible Parade is the first picture-book collaboration between award-winner John Picacio and New York Times bestselling Leigh Bardugo. Set on the night of Dia de Muertos, Cala's story is one of love, loss, and the courage that can be found in unexpected places.
Reviews / Votes
Picacio's illustrations add richness to the liminal setting...While the Dia de los Muertos context makes The Invisible Parade a perfect title for Halloween, the themes of grief that it explores are timeless * The Irish Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 8 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 260 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5101-1298-8 (9781510112988)
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Persons
LEIGH BARDUGO is the No. 1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Familiar and the Ninth House series, and the creator of the Grishaverse, which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy (now a Netflix series), the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology- and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University. John Picacio is a World Fantasy Award- and Hugo Award-winning artist who has created book illustrations for major works by George R.R. Martin, Rebecca Roanhorse, and many more. He's the founder of the Mexicanx Initiative, spearheading the journeys of more than forty Mexican and Mexican American creators into the wider awareness of fantasy and science fiction audiences. John lives in San Antonio, Texas, in the USA.