Today Is the Day Author:Nancy Riecken Two sisters in a small and primitive Mexican village await the return of their father, who has been working far away from home for the last six months. "Riecken . . . manages to create a sensitive story of a child's hope in the face of pessimism. . . . The combination of text and art conveys the difficult life of Mexican farmers without becoming... more » bleak or losing sight of the compensating joys of family." -- Booklist« less