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Mercedes Acosta (full name Mercedes Cibayara Maria Catarina Acosta) is a Cuban-Americ..
Mercedes Acosta (full name Mercedes Cibayara Maria Catarina Acosta) is a Cuban-Americ..
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Toni Lipsey founded TL Yarn Crafts in 2013 out of her desire to build community aro..
Emery Lord is a Midwestern girl who writes stories about high school and best friends..
The artwork of Rafael López is a fusion of strong graphic style and magical symbolis..
Diana López is the award-winning middle grade author of Confetti Girl, Ask My Mood R..
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Congratulations Celia winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Author Honor and 2023 Tomás Ri..
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Raquel Russo is a Portuguese illustrator, storyteller, and designer. She has been dra..
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Isabel Strychacz grew up in a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she rea..
Olivia Sua is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator living in Portland, Oregon..
Priya Swaminathan lived the dream of making movies and TV shows for 20 years. She pro..
Anoosha Syed is a Pakistani-Canadian illustrator and visual development artist. While..
Named State Poet Laureate of Texas in 2015, Dr. Carmen Tafolla is an award-winning po..
Nazli Tarcan is a Turkish artist and illustrator currently based in Namur, Belgium. D..
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Global Fulbright legal scholar, educator, and Little Lawyers founder Allison Matulli’s PATRIOT, in which a Black boy examines what patriotism really means in practice, illustrated by Laura Freeman, to Sylvie Frank at Disney-Hyperion, for publication in spring 2027, by Lilly Ghahremani
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