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Francisco X. Alarcón was an award-winning poet who wrote for both children and adults. Born in Los Angeles, Califonia, he considered himself "bi-national," having spent time as a child in both Mexico and the United States.
In 2002, George Ancona received the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for work that "has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children." In this exclusive video interview with Colorín Colorado, George Ancona t
Monica Brown is the award-winning author of a number of children's books, including My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz and Waiting for the Biblioburro.
Raúl Colón is an award-winning illustrator of more than thirty children's books by authors such as Pat Mora, Frank McCourt, Dr. Jill Biden, and Margarita Engle.
Margarita Engle is an award-winning author and poet whose novels written in free verse have brought to life fascinating and often forgotten characters from history, such as Juan Francisco Marzano, Rosa la Bayamesa, and Maria Merian.