📣 You’re invited to a Virtual Launch Party!!

Join Arlene Abundis Cynthia Alonso Deise Lino and Jackie Morera 🌻 Pre-order ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP! on June 2nd @ 12pm ET as we chat about our picture books 🌊 Into The Mighty Sea and 🌸 Abuelo’s Flower Shop.

RSVP: bit.ly/3Uvvn7W

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SURPRISE!

FIRST DAY OF UNICORN SCHOOL has an audiobook!

🥳 Let’s wish a very happy book birthday to MIGUEL MUST FIGHT! by Musa Jamie Ofelia and illustrator Sara Palacios! 🎉

Congratulations, Jamie Ofelia!!

#writingcommunity #kidlit #LasMusasBooks

A second starred Review for BARRIO RISING! Thank you Publishers Weekly

💃🏽Happy international dance day! 💃🏽 Celebrate with my board books on salsa, merengue and cumbia 🎶 #WritingCommmunity #latinxauthors

LUPITA'S HURRICANE PALOMITAS, illustrated by Anastasiya Kanavaliuk & pubbed by Beaming Books, hits shelves in 3 weeks!

Lupita channels her worries about an impending hurricane into caring for baby birds who've been knocked from their nest. It was inspired by a true story.

Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming dual POV Middle Grade romcom, coming January 7th from Scholastic !

Beautiful day on the Fox Studios Lot supporting P.S. ARTS in their mission to continue implementing arts programs in public schools across California!

Thank you so much to Bookelicious for choosing Lion of the Sky for your #NationalPoetryMonth pick!

🎺✨ Dive into the heartwarming melodies of love, culture, and rivalry in Canto Contigo. Don't miss out on this rivals-to-lovers masterpiece by jonny garza villa!

Shop this title now on hellocpi.com

#rivalstolovers #lgbtqia + #teenreads #tbr #bookrecs

Yesterday’s Día Del Niño program at the National Museum of the American Latino was filled with beautiful connections. Thank you to all who stopped by!

#DC #Maryland and #Virginia
join me this weekend!

SAT, 4/27: stop by the National Museum of the American Latino at 3:30 for an hour of bilingual fun, swag and free books!

SUN, 4/28: Stop by Loyalty Bookstores’ beautiful Silver Spring location. There will be treats, swag and crafts!

#middlegradelit

#IndieBookstoreDay 17 hrs left to get free shipping at bookshop.org that supports local indies! Order or preorder our members' #MG 2024 debuts today! bookshop.org/lists/the-24-7s! Mónica BUY SING IT LIKE CELIA Mancillas Jennifer Ann Richter Anna Lapera, Ritu Hemnani Deborah Lakritz Diana Ma

Thank you to lovely Linda for having me today, and to everyone who showed up to support #IndependentBookstoreDay !

Join me next Saturday at the #baybookfest Family Day! I'll be speaking on two panels - 1) Storytime: Corazón (featuring picture books by me, Michael Genhart, and Joe Cepeda) 2) Middle School Beyond the Classroom (with Marissa Moss, Kekla Magoon, and Nicole Chen)

Reintroducing our amazing bunch of kidlit authors whose debut #MGs are being made ready for the shelves of young readers during 2024! Mónica BUY SING IT LIKE CELIA Mancillas, Diana Ma, Dionna Mann, Jennifer Ann Richter, Ritu Hemnani Anna Lapera, and Deborah Lakritz!

There is almost nothing better than starting the day by sharing my books with young readers. Thank you to the staff and students of Kipp Comienza for welcoming me this morning!

And the winners are The Page Ladies , Heather McDowell Francis , and Lori Tecler ! Thanks so much to everyone for participating!

Had a great time signing books at the LA Times Festival of Books SCBWI CA-Los Angeles booth today!

Last day to enter! I'm giving away three copies to #teachers and #librarians !