Big THANK YOU! To the Ridgewood Public Schools in NJ for a wonderful week of visiting author/artist presentations! Keep reading and staying creative😬❤️🕺🏻👍😊 The Author Village RwdPubSchools

Honored to be a part of this wonderful award and community: Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award

Please join me this Saturday, April 6, from 3-4pm at the historic Andrew Freedman Home Library in the Bronx, for a children’s Storytime, Drawing, and Book Signing event! Don’t miss it!!! RSVP at johnparrastorytime.eventbrite.com. Sponsored by The Bronx is Reading The Andrew Freedman Home Simon Kids

Thank you to all the amazing NY & PA schoolsI had the honor to visit this March, especially: Mount Kisco Elementary, PS 32, Samuel Mills Sprole School Brklyn, Collegiate School NYC, Erdenheim and Enfield Elementary, PA.
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Thank you ⁦Washington Library Association⁩ (Washington Library Association) for including SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY as a nominee among these terrific book companions. Woohoo!! ⁦John Parra⁩ ⁦Neal Porter⁩ ⁦Holiday House Publishing, Inc.⁩ 🙏🏽

Coming this August, ELOÍSA'S MUSICAL WINDOW, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Margarita Engle Simon Kids ACM Kids & Illustration Junior Library Guild

Happy to share some cool news that I am working on writing and illustrating my next children’s book: THIS MOMENT IS SPECIAL, with Paula Wiseman Books at Simon & Schuster. Read all about it here in Publishers Weekly Aevitas Creative
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Thank you to the Tucson Festival of Books and everyone who came for our literary workshops and panels. Big thanks also to Davis Bilingual Elementary and Ventana Vista school for the wonderful author/artist visits. And to all the staff and volunteers that make these programs work, you are amazing!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at The Tucson Festival of Books tomorrow (Sat. March 9th) I’m thrilled to be representing my picture book: SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF FAMILY, plus more, along w a painting demo & panels. Find my schedule here: tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/?action=displa… Holiday House Publishing, Inc. MGenhart SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY

The Tucson Festival of Books is just over a week out (Sat.-Sun. Mar. 9 & 10) & I’m thrilled to be representing my books: SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY, GROWING AN ARTIST, & MORE. My schedule: shorturl.at/befmF
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Proud to have my book, GROWING AN ARTIST, as part of 3x3 Magazine 's Illustration Annual #20! Simon Kids 3x3mag.com/annuals/annual…

Incredible proud and thankful to announce SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY has won the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award!!! Congrats to all of this year's award winners! Tomás Rivera Mexican American Childrens Book Award MGenhart SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY Holiday House Publishing, Inc. Neal Porter

Latinx Kidlit Book Festival’s 2024 Fundraiser #lkbf24 . Bid on an original sketch, framed 5'x7', w signed copy of, SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY, from John Parra. Proceeds benefit @latinxkidlitbf , Ends Feb 16th. 32auctions.com/organizations/…
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Amazing time at the scbwi Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators winter conference social and portfolio showcase. I even ran to my fellow ArtCenter College of Design alumni peeps: martha rich , Esther Pearl Watson, and Lili Todd. So cool!

New Book Cover Reveal!! Super happy to share my next illustrated picture book: ELOÍSA'S MUSICAL WINDOW, written by the amazing, Margarita Engle. Coming this Aug. 27, available now for pre-order. @simonkids simonandschuster.com/books/Eloisas-…

Thank you Bank Street Library for selecting, Cultivando a un Artista (Growing an Artist) for Best Spanish Language Picture Book List & Award: Silver Medal. Xtra thanks to my agent Adriana Adriana Domínguez for the book's wonderful Spanish translation. Simon Kids shorturl.at/xAMT2

So thrilled to have reached this day, February 6th, my mother's birthday and the book birthday of #AcrossSoManySeas ! With huge thanks to Nancy Paulsen, Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Penguin Young Readers School & Library, Penguin Kids Sierra ✨ 🙏❤️

Bilingual Storytime in the heart of the Central Valley (Fresno, CA). Thank you ⁦Arte Américas⁩ for your graciousness in hosting us. Children celebrating family, culture, and Spanish! 🙏🏽❤️ ⁦⁦John Parra⁩ ⁦Neal Porter⁩ ⁦⁦⁦Holiday House Publishing, Inc.⁩

Amazing time at The Fresno Art Museum Museum and Arte Américas presenting my work and books to family and community. I’m so grateful and thankful to all of you. Special thanks Nicole Parra Simon Kids Holiday House Publishing, Inc.

Part 2 of my Fresno trip, I will be at Arte Américas Sat. Feb. 3rd, from 12p-2p, along w author MGenhart SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY, for a bilingual storytime of our book, SPANISH IS THE LANGUGAGE OF MY FAMILY, followed by a children's art workshop & book signing. shorturl.at/nrtGV Holiday House Publishing, Inc.