Today I’m shining the spotlight on Juana Martinez-Neal, author/illustrator of #cbadspotlight pick & Caldecott Honor book Alma and How She Got Her Name and also illustrator of La Princesa and the Pea, La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Lost Niños, Babymoon & Frybread: A Native American Family Story What’s in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells… Read More
Archives for September 2019
September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on The Day You Begin with Illustrator Rafael López
Today I’m shining the spotlight on multiple time Pura Belpré & Américas Illustrator Honor & Award Winner Rafael López, illustrator of #cbadspotlight pick The Day You Begin and also Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood, Book Fiesta!, The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, Bravo!: Poems… Read More
September #cbadspotlight – Spotlight on The King of Kindergarten with Author Derrick Barnes
Today I’m shining the spotlight on Derrick Barnes, author of #cbadspotlight pick The King of Kindergarten and also #classroombookaday favorite Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, a Newbery Honor, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Author & Illustrator Honor book A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten. The morning sun blares through your window like a million… Read More