By Ashley Wells Ajinkya Today we’re pleased to welcome Alexis Castellanos to the WNDB blog to discuss Isla to Island, out March 15, 2022. This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to the United States and must redefine what home means to … [Read more...] about Q&A With Alexis Castellanos, Isla to Island
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Q&A With Adrianna Cuevas, Cuba in My Pocket
By JoAnn Yao Today we're pleased to welcome Adrianna Cuevas to the blog to discuss Cuba in My Pocket, out yesterday! Read the personal essay Adrianna previously wrote for us, "Stories Are How I Preserve My Family's History," here. First of all, thank you for speaking with us! This book … [Read more...] about Q&A With Adrianna Cuevas, Cuba in My Pocket
How Laura Taylor Namey Wrote a Book About Grief After the Loss of Her Grandmother
By Karis Rogerson Laura Taylor Namey describes herself as someone who was always a writer, if not an author. She was a teacher before transitioning to full-time writing, and though she says she was good at the job, it didn’t bring her joy the way writing does. “I’m obsessed with writing,” she … [Read more...] about How Laura Taylor Namey Wrote a Book About Grief After the Loss of Her Grandmother
Stories Are How I Preserve My Family’s History
By Adrianna Cuevas When my husband’s grandfather died, his family gathered in Oklahoma to go through all of the belongings he left behind. An entire shed filled with tools previous generations used to farm, even a travel trailer and a small house that stored piles of family artifacts. My … [Read more...] about Stories Are How I Preserve My Family’s History
Second-Generation Protagonists Deal With a Cultural Divide Too
By Reina Luz Alegre We Need Diverse Books published a cover reveal for The Dream Weaver, which you can read here. The Dream Weaver is a fun, heartfelt summer read about a girl who helps her grandpa save the beachside bowling alley he’s owned for decades. But it’s also, more subtly, a story … [Read more...] about Second-Generation Protagonists Deal With a Cultural Divide Too
How Ismée Williams’s Cuban Grandparents Inspired THIS TRAIN IS BEING HELD
By Ismée Williams One of the primary psychological tasks facing a young person is to form an identity separate from one’s family. Anyone who’s taken a psychology course will recall Erik Erikson’s developmental stages. According to Erikson, as we grow, we work through different conflicts. Each … [Read more...] about How Ismée Williams’s Cuban Grandparents Inspired THIS TRAIN IS BEING HELD
