By NoNieqa Ramos As we finish celebrating Latinx Heritage month, I want to reflect on who we are. I know there are not enough trees on the planet to print the paper required to preface this reflection, not enough iCloud storage space on earth or in the Milky Way to broach a definition. But a few … [Read more...] about NoNieqa Ramos on Latine/x Heritage and the Power of Us
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Q&A With Ann Hazzard & Vivianne Aponte Rivera, Something Happened to My Dad
By Gianna Macchia Today we're pleased to welcome Ann Hazzard and Vivannae Aponte Rivera to the WNDB blog to discuss Something Happened to My Dad/Algo Le Pasó a Mi Papá, illustrated by Gloria Félix and out May 17, 2022! Carmen loves doing magic with her Papi. He can make sarapes fly. He can … [Read more...] about Q&A With Ann Hazzard & Vivianne Aponte Rivera, Something Happened to My Dad
Q&A With Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, Here’s to Us
By Aleah Gornbein Today we're pleased to welcome Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera to the WNDB blog to discuss their YA novel Here's to Us, out today! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the New York … [Read more...] about Q&A With Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, Here’s to Us
Nepantla and Writing Latinx Characters
Time Villains by Victor Piñeiro is on sale now. By Victor Piñeiro “Dolly was un-com-FOR-ta-ble.” I wasn’t pronouncing it, I was speaking it. Mrs. Brown and the other four students in my kindergarten reading group snickered. “What did he say?” I’d been reading at home since I was three, but … [Read more...] about Nepantla and Writing Latinx Characters
Cover Reveal for Treasure Tracks by Sallie Anne Rodriguez
Today we're thrilled to reveal the cover for Treasure Tracks by Sallie Anne Rodriguez! The cover was illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo. The jacket and book were designed by Trisha Previte. The book was edited by Wesley Adams and will be released on June 28, 2022 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for Treasure Tracks by Sallie Anne Rodriguez
