My next children's novel, The Cursed Moon, will hit bookstores in September! But the book cover reveal is TODAY!! The Cursed Moon is the scary children's story I’ve wanted to write since I was a kid. Actually, the novel's plot is inspired by a scary …
Children's books
What is Día de Los Niños?
I first learned about Día de los niños or The Day of the child when I lived in Guadalajara, Mexico. At the private school where I taught English, it was celebrated every April 30th. On this special day they allowed students to show up to school in their …
Championing Diversity: Ten Ways You Can Support Diverse Children’s Authors
I love being a children’s writer and I enjoy being part of a growing diverse literary world. As I child who loved to read, I never saw children like me or children that had a Hispanic/Latino surnames like mine in the books at our school. That absence felt …
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Book-Inspired Classroom Art!
My Frida Kahlo-inspired children's novel, Me, Frida and The Secret of the Peacock Ring, has inspired some beautiful classroom art! Frida Kahlo would be proud, right? Thanks to the Texas Book Festival's Reading Rockstar Program, teachers and their students in …
Book Cover Reveal: Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring!
Please judge this book by its cover The amazing artist behind the book cover for Me, Frida and The Secret of the Peacock Ring is Rafael Lopez. Rafael is an award-winning illustrator who has worked with some of the top names in the children's publishing …
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