"It's the first day of school, but before he goes Chepito runs outside to play. He comes across all kinds of people in his neighborhood -- a man reading a newspaper, a young girl enjoying a comic, a couple of tourists consulting a guidebook, an archeologist studying hieroglyphics ..."-- Provided by publisher.

Previously published: Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2011. "First paperback printing 2017"--Copyright page.