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123 Andrés
Andrés and Christina are the Latin Grammy-winning music duo 123 Andrés. They've been hailed as "Rockstars for little language learners" by the likes of Billboard, and perform for thousands of students and families across the US and Latin America each year, including at Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, SXSW, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, as well as at countless schools, museums and theaters. Andrés grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, and learned how to play the guitar from his father at an early age. Christina grew up in the Midwest in a Spanish-speaking immigrant family from Colombia. They have 8 studio albums under their belts, and three books published by Scholastic.
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Alex Sanchez
Alex Sánchez ha publicado diez novelas, entre ellas Rainbow Boys, ganador del premio al mejor libro para jóvenes adultos de la American Library Association y So Hard to Say, ganador del premio Lambda. Su novela Bait ganó el premio Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Book Award y el Florida Book Award Medalla de Oro para literatura de jóvenes. You Brought Me the Ocean, la novela gráfica de Alex publicada por DC Comics, fue ilustrada por Julie Maroh. Su último libro, The Greatest Superpower, fue publicado en 2021. Alex emigró a los Estados Unidos desde México con su familia a los 5 años, tiene una maestría en consejería y orientación y trabajó por muchos años como consejero de jóvenes y familias.
Alex Sanchez has published ten novels, including the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Rainbow Boys, and Lambda Award-winning So Hard to Say. His novel Bait won the Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Book Award and the Florida Book Award Gold Medal for Young Adult fiction. You Brought Me the Ocean, Alex's graphic novel from DC Comics, was illustrated by Julie Maroh. His latest book, The Greatest Superpower, came out in 2021. An immigrant from Mexico, Alex received his master's in guidance and counseling and worked for many years as a youth and family counselor.
Alicia Acosta
Escritora y narradora de vocación, Alicia Acosta es Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad de Málaga, aunque la palabra se cruzó en su camino y desde entonces vive envuelta en cuentos, enredada en ellos… Lleva los cuentos en el nombre, en los labios y en el corazón, las historias la acompañan paso a paso donde quiera que vaya. Animadora a la lectura, dinamizadora de bibliotecas, colabora con la radio comunitaria Onda Color, imparte cursos de creación e interpretación de radioteatros, de narración oral escénica… Pero sin duda, escribir y contar es su gran pasión. Entre sus libros publicados están: ¡Vivan las uñas de colores! (escrito junto a Luis Amavisca), El pequeño pirata Serafín, La isla de los mocos, La muñeca de Lucas, Renato Lucanor.
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Antonio Sacre
Antonio will be the Saturday host of Los Angeles Libros Festival.
Antonio Sacre tells stories.
His tales of growing up bilingually in a Cuban and Irish-American household have inspired children worldwide to gather their own family stories and become storytellers themselves. His stories have been published in award-winning books and audio recordings. His Professional Developments and Keynote addresses have helped educators teach writing to students from pre-Kindergarten through graduate school. Now his stories are being developed for film and television.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two children, and two cats. Yes, he's a cat guy.
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Artur Díaz (Artur Laperla)
Artur Díaz, más conocido como Artur Laperla. Guionista y dibujante de cómics. Es autor de la serie infantil Superpatata, editada por Bang Ediciones dentro de su colección Mamut, de la que ya lleva publicados 10 títulos. Superpatata se publica en varios países y ha sido traducido a ocho idiomas.
También es autor de las series de cómic infantiles Félix y Calcita (Editorial Beascoa) y 4 Cobayas Mutantes (Harper Kids). Junto al guionista Mario Torrecillas publicó la novela gráfica Una pequeña mentira (Astiberri) que fue llevada al cine por Julien Rappeneau. Además ha publicado el cómic interactivo juvenil Maldita Casa Encantada (Sapristi Comics) y la serie de cómic adulto Melvin (Bang Ediciones), de la que se acaba de publicar el tercer libro.
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Daniel José Older
Daniel José Older is the award-winning author of both YA and adult books. His most recent book is the middle grade fantasy, Flood City. His many other books include Shadowshaper Legacy, the final book in the acclaimed Shadowshaper Trilogy and the Dactyl Hill Squad series of middle grade books: Dactyl Hill Squad and Dactyl Hill Squad Book 2: Freedom Fire. His New York Times bestselling Young Adult novel, Shadowshaper, was a New York Times Best Book of the Year. Winner of the International Latino Book Award, he has been nominated for the Kirkus Prize, the Locus and World Fantasy Awards, and the Andre Norton Award. Shadowshaper has also been optioned by Tony-winning actress Anika Noni Rose. His journalism on social justice, diversity, and gentrification appears regularly in The Guardian.
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Sierra Santiago planeaba tener unas vacaciones tranquilas haciendo arte y saliendo con sus amigos. Sin embargo, un cadáver aparece en su primera fiesta de verano y los murales del barrio comienzan a llorar. Al parecer, en Brooklyn está ocurriendo algo más siniestro de lo que ella pensaba.
Dúo Karma
La Habana, Cuba. Integrado por Fito Hernández (guitarrista, autor, compositor y artista audiovisual) y Xóchitl Galán (cantante, autora, compositora e ilustradora). Proyecto integral que conjuga la realización musical, audiovisual y literaria. Su labor para todas las edades ha sido multipremiada y reconocida ampliamente por la crítica especializada y el público de distintas latitudes.
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Elisa Chavarri
Elisa es una ilustradora nacida en Lima, Perú y criada en el norte de Michigan. Le encanta crear trabajos que inspiran sonrisas, promocionan la inclusividad y ayudan a niños de culturas diferentes a sentirse especiales. Elisa vive en Alpena, Michigan con su esposo y dos pequeños niños.
Elisa is an illustrator born in Lima, Peru who did much of her growing up in Northern Michigan. She loves creating work that inspires similes, promotes inclusiveness, and helps kids from all different backgrounds feel special. Elisa lives in Alpena, Michigan with her husband and two small children.
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Isol
Isol (Buenos Aires, 1972) es una ilustradora y escritora de libros álbum con 26 títulos publicados en 17 idiomas. Su especialidad es narrar a través del diálogo entre imagen y texto escrito. Su trabajo ha sido reconocido internacionalmente en el año 2013 con el Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Suecia), una de las distinciones más prestigiosas en la literatura infantil.
Isol (Buenos Aires, 1972) is an illustrator and author of picture books. With 26 titles published in 17 languages, her speciality is narration through the dialogue between image and word. Her work has been internationally recognized in 2013 with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden), one of the most prestigious distinctions in Children's Literature.
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Josué Cuentacuentos
Josué Martinez is a bilingual storyteller. He is inspired by stories and legends told by his family as he was growing up. He has worked with children at the amazing Commerce Public Library for over 20 years. The pandemic transformed him from being a simple gordito library guy into an awesome gordito superhero named Josué Cuentacuentos. We all have a story, what’s yours?
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Kim Guerra
Kim Guerra es artista, escritora y emprendedora, creadora de Brown Badass Bonita, una marca y un movimiento que ella considera una obra de amor propio y amor por su comunidad Latinx. Ella diseña mercancía que celebra su cultura y la complejidad de ser una mujer Latinx, sobreviviente y guerrera. Ella considera su arte y trabajo como una responsabilidad a su comunidad y a las mujeres.
Kim Guerra is a queer woman of color. A butterfly woman who has given herself wings. She is a writer, advocate, and entrepreneur. She is the creator of Brown Badass Bonita, a brand and movement that she considers to be a work of self-love and her love for her community. Guerra is the author of Mariposa and Mija: collections of bilingual poems, affirmations, and revolutionary love letters.
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Luis Amavisca
Luis Amavisca es editor y director de arte en NubeOcho, además de escritor de literatura infantil. Licenciado en Musicología y en Historia del arte, realizó el Bienio de formación de la Escuela de los Sentidos de Milán. Sus libros se han publicado en inglés, italiano, francés, chino y coreano. El monstruo más feo del mundo es uno de sus últimos libros de mayor éxito, Pum pum hice daño a la luna, uno de sus favoritos. Ha trabajado junto a la narradora Alicia Acosta y juntos han escrito ¡Vivan las uñas de colores! y La muñeca de Lucas, ambos libros de co-educación, referentes en muchos colegios, bibliotecas y librerías.
Luis Amavisca is a well-known visual artist and writer for kids in Spain. He has worked and written about equality, solidarity, environment and non-violence. He has published several books including Princess Li, Bang Bang I Hurt the Moon, and I Love My Colorful Nails along with Alicia Acosta.
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Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many verse novels, memoirs, and picture books, including The Surrender Tree, Enchanted Air, Drum Dream Girl, and Dancing Hands. Awards include a Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré, Golden Kite, Walter, Jane Addams, and NSK Neustadt, among others. Margarita served as the national 2017-2019 Young People’s Poet Laureate. Her most recent books include Your Heart, My Sky, A Song of Frutas, and Light for All. Margarita was born in Los Angeles, but developed a deep attachment to her mother’s homeland during childhood summers with relatives on the island. She studied agronomy and botany along with creative writing, and now lives in central California with her husband.
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De la autora ganadora del Premio Pura Belpré, Margarita Engle, llega un animado y rítmico libro ilustrado sobre una niña que visita a su abuelo, que es un pregonero, un vendedor ambulante que canta en Cuba, y lo ayuda a vender sus frutas.
Monica Brown
Mónica Brown se inspira en su herencia cultural peruano-estadounidense para escribir historias infantiles. Es profesora de Inglés en la Northern Arizona University y se especializa en literatura latino-multicultural. Con frecuencia visita escuelas, conferencias y festivales de libros para hacer talleres de escritura. Ha recibido muchos premios y reconocimientos, entre los cuales se destacan el Premio Américas, Honores Pura Belpré y la prestigiosa Beca Rockefeller sobre Alfabetización Cultural Chicana.
Monica Brown is the Peruvian-American author of many award-winning multicultural books for children, including, Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano /Peruvian Archeologist Julio C. Tello, Frida and her Animalitos, Waiting for the Biblioburro / Esperando al Biblioburro, Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / No combina, and the Lola Levine chapter book series, among others. Her books have garnered multiple starred reviews and awards, and is available in a dozen languages. Her books have been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR's All Things Considered. Her most recent picture book is, Small Room, Big Dreams: The Journey of Julián and Joaquin Castro, out from HarperCollins/Quill Tree in an English and Spanish editions. Her next picture book is The Turquoise Room/El Cuarto Turquesa forthcoming from Lee and Low in 2022. Monica Brown lives in Arizona with her family.
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Nathalia
Nathalia will be the Friday host of Los Angeles Libros Festival.
Nathalia nació en Barranquilla, Colombia. Terminados sus estudios en su país se trasladó a la ciudad de Boston, Massachusetts para realizar estudios de músico terapia en la prestigiosa Universidad Berklee College of Music. Luego estableció residencia en la ciudad de Los Angeles para desarrollarse profesionalmente, en esta ciudad obtuvo su Maestría en Psicología Clínica, en Antioch University. Su experiencia como musicoterapeuta y educadora de música en la primera infancia la inspiró a utilizar la música como una herramienta educativa para transmitirle a sus hijos los valores culturales de sus raíces, el folclor, y su lengua materna, el español.
Nathalia, a native of Colombia, moved to the US to attend the Berklee College of Music and later began her career as a music therapist and early childhood music educator. Since 2012, she has recorded and released four children’s albums, which were all co-produced and performed by Grammy award-winners. She has been a featured guest on Univision's Despierta America, CBS's The Talk, and her music has been played on a number of parenting blogs and online radio stations. Nathalia’s South American heritage and passion for bilingual education serve as major influences in the music she creates. From Rock to Cumbia, Jazz to Reggaeton, her songs are written in a number of musical styles and produced with the whole family in mind.
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Nini Sanchez
Nini Sanchez is a bilingual Educator and mixed media artist currently based in Los Angeles who enjoys creating through experimentation with color and form. Her inventive, personal style incorporates found objects and everyday materials to create 3D shapes and compositional works. Nini has over 15 years experience working as an arts educator at LACMA, which has given her the special opportunity to work with a variety of age groups throughout L.A. County. She is committed to exploring the transformative nature of inclusive project-centered workshops, promoting cultural understanding across diverse communities, and engaging students in personally relevant experiences.
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Olga de Dios
Artista multidisciplinar, Olga de Dios es ilustradora, creadora de personajes y autora de libros. Hasta la fecha ha publicado 8 libros como autora e ilustradora y también ha ilustrado textos de otras autoras en España, Corea y EEUU. Sus libros han sido traducidos a 14 idiomas y están distribuidos en más de 20 países. Su trabajo se centra en la transmisión de valores solidarios y la divulgación de realidades sobre las que debemos generar más referentes para la infancia. La diversidad afectivo sexual, la igualdad de género, el respeto al medio ambiente, el fomento de un consumo responsable o la transmisión de la cultura libre son algunos de los temas que trata en sus obras.
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Paulina Jara Straussmann
Luego de su formación en teatro y educación diferencial, ha desarrollado una prolífica carrera centrada en la animación lectora y la narración oral, lo que también la ha llevado a trabajar como experta en la asesoría para bibliotecas escolares. Ha publicado más de 15 títulos con diversas editoriales, desde que en 2010 publicara su primer libro, gracias a la adjudicación de un Fondo del Libro. En 2018 fue finalista del Premio Municipal de Literatura con el libro La Princesa Pálida Luna, de editorial Zig-Zag. Algunas de las editoriales en la que ha publicado libros son: Editorial San Pablo, Edebé, Ediciones UC, Claraboya Ediciones y Muñeca de Trapo. En la Editorial Amanuta ha publicado La Princesa Zanahoria, Nacer, Raíces del Bosque y la adaptación de los clásicos para la primera infancia: Peter Pan, Mary Poppins y El mago de Oz.
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Rafael López
Rafael López illustrated New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin (by Jacqueline Woodson) and Just Ask! (by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor). He won Pura Belpré Medals for Book Fiesta, Drum Dream Girl, and Dancing Hands and has received Pura Belpré Honors, 2 Américas Awards, and the 2017 Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award and the Society of Illustrators Original Art Silver Medal. He's a founder of the San Diego's Urban Art Trail movement, created 13 US postage stamps, and created official posters for the '08 and '12 Obama-Biden campaigns.
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De niña, a Teresa Carreño le encantaba dejar que sus manos bailaran a lo largo de las hermosas teclas del piano. Si se sentía triste, la música le levantaba el ánimo y, cuando estaba feliz, el piano la ayudaba a compartir esa alegría. Pronto comenzó a escribir sus propias canciones y a tocar en grandes catedrales.
Yehudi Mercado
Yehudi is a Mexican-Jew, born in Mexico City and raised in Texas. He was an Art Director at Disney Interactive then segued into writing and illustrating his own graphic novels like Hero Hotel, Rocket Salvage, and Sci-Fu which is currently being developed as a feature for DreamWorks. Yehudi currently has a show in development at Nickelodeon, which he is writing and directing. He is showrunning a narrative podcast for the Pinna Network based on his graphic novel Hero Hotel. His highly anticipated middle-grade graphic memoir Chunky was just released. And he has a two book deal with DC Comics.
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Aguas Frescas and Paletas: Refreshing Mexican Drinks and Frozen Treats, Traditional and Reimagined
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