For more diverse-owned bookstores across the US, see our list here. By Andrea Ruggirello “It all started with a dream.” That’s how Lucy Yu begins the story of her bookstore, Yu and Me Books, on the store’s website. “My dream was always to create a home that I never found in a bookstore growing … [Read more...] about Yu and Me Books: A Dream Realized and a Community Uplifted
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Q&A With Alejandra Domenzain, For All/Para Todos
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Alejandra Domenzain to the WNDB blog to discuss her picture book For All/Para Todos, illustrated by Katherine Loh, out April 5, 2021! Flor and her dad make the dangerous journey from their poor country to a land called For All/Para Todos. Dad … [Read more...] about Q&A With Alejandra Domenzain, For All/Para Todos
Marie Arnold Writes So Immigrant Readers Feel Seen
The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold is out now. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Marie Arnold moved to Brooklyn from Haiti when she was seven years old. In her retelling of that experience, she says she started telling herself mental stories around then because she had no friends of her … [Read more...] about Marie Arnold Writes So Immigrant Readers Feel Seen
