COVER REVEAL time! 🚜💛
I’m so excited to finally share the cover for my next book project — THE DUMPED TRUCK, written by the wonderful Daniel Bernstrom!
I had the absolute joy of illustrating this super fun (and very silly!) story about Dump and his adorable toy friends. 💛
Huge thanks to @harperkids , Luana, and Rachel for making this such a dream to work on. I can’t wait for everyone to meet Dump!
🧡 Pre-order now through the link below or in my bio!
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For ‘The Worst Teddy EVER’ fans, now comes ‘The Dream Catcher’! 🧡🌊🐚🤲🏾
I’m so beyond proud and excited to reveal with all of you the cover for my next title, also available in Spanish as ‘el atrapasueños’.
Get ready to meet Miguelito, a kid who sells his handwoven dream catchers in the Oaxacan coast along his Abuelito, who sells cold coconuts to support his grandson. While both of them wonder about people’s dreams, Miguelito has a dream himself–to see his parents again. But how can he keep faith when the truth is that dreams don’t always come to pass?
‘The Dream Catcher’ y ‘el atrapasueños’ will be available May 14th and they’re ready for pre-order 🧡🌊🐚🤲🏾
Gracias por seguir apoyando mis sueños 🤲🏾
#TheDreamCatcherBook #MarceloVerdad
I’m happy to share the cover of my first book, The Worst Teddy EVER!
This tiny gift to all kids, my Latino kids and my community is the culmination of five years of hard/fun work, and I’m proud to announce it will be available in both English and Spanish from @littlebrownyoungreaders this coming fall 2022! But you can preorder it now! Link in bio :) 🧡✨☁️🤲🏾
Join us for a weekend of stories at the L.A. Times Festival of Books!
¡Acompañennos para conocer a sus autores e ilustradores favoritos! ✍️⭐️
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📍 Happening at Booth 590 Children’s Stage:
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🗓️ Saturday, April 18th | Sábado 18 de abril
⚽ 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Mike Alfaro
Books/Libros: ¡Gool!, How Do You Roll Your R's, and others.
🧸 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Marcelo Verdad
Books/Libros: El peor teddy del mundo, El atrapasueños
🦋 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Mirelle Ortega
Books/Libros: Magia, Río de Mariposas
🐾 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Abraham Matias
Books/Libros: Popo el Xolo
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🗓️ Sunday, April 19th | Domingo 19 de abril
⚾ 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Ariadna Sánchez
Books/Libros: La mejor jugada del día, Vistas Inesperadas
☀️ 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Marinés Adrianza
Books/Libros: ¿Dónde está mamá?, Oli y el Sol
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🎟️ FREE entry! ¡Entrada GRATIS!
📍 USC Campus
👀PLEASE NOTE / NOTA IMPORTANTE:
LA Libreria has TWO locations this year: Booth 003 (De Los) and Booth 590 (Children’s Stage).
⭐️All of these scheduled Meet & Greets / Author Signings will happen at Booth 590. ✍️✨
¡Estaremos en dos lugares! Visítanos en el Stand 003 (De Los) y en el Stand 590 (Escenario Infantil).
Por favor recuerda que todos estos encuentros y firmas de libros serán en el Stand 590.
💛💛💛¡Nos vemos pronto! 💛💛💛💛
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#latimesfob2026 #leemosjuntos #latfob #librosenespañol #childrensbook
Join us on April 30th at 11:00am PST, for an interactive webinar featuring Pura Belpré Award winner Marcelo Verdad!
During this session, we will provide an overview of REFORMA National’s Children in Crisis (CIC) initiative, followed by a reading of The Dream Catcher and a Q&A session. A Dream Catcher Activity Kit will be shared for you to use during the webinar.
We will also be partnering with @lalibreria to offer signed copies of The Dream Catcher in both English and Spanish.
All proceeds support the Children in Crisis Task Force.
Link in bio to register!
Last week, we loved presenting author and artist Marcelo Verdad to the students at the Allison Elementary Book Fair! 📚✨
It was a day full of inspiration as Marcelo shared:
📖 A reading of The Dream Catcher (El atrapasueños).
🎨 A look into his creative process and journey as an author.
🖍️ A live drawing demonstration!
The best part? Seeing the kids’ faces light up as they got their very own copies signed! ✍️🌈
We are so happy to help connect our schools with the creators behind the stories.
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¡La semana pasada nos encantó presentar al autor y artista Marcelo Verdad a los estudiantes de la feria del libro de Allison Elementary! 📚✨
Fue un día lleno de inspiración donde Marcelo compartió:
📖 Una lectura de El atrapasueños.
🎨 Una charla sobre su proceso creativo y su camino como autor.
🖍️ ¡Una demostración de dibujo en vivo!
¿Lo mejor de todo? ¡Ver las caras de los niños al recibir sus libros firmados! ✍️🌈
Nos hace muy felices conectar a nuestras escuelas con los creadores de estas historias.
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#authorvisitschool #bilingualbooksforkids #educacionbilingüe #schoolbookfairs #bilingualschoolbookfairs
Evelyn, one of my students, asked me to draw something for her in her tiny sketchbook, so I drew my tiny Dump 🚜🧡 (she was VERY happy with how this one turned out!) #DumpedTruck
Join me this Sunday, June 29th at #ALAAC25 where I’ll be signing copies of both of my titles #TheWorstTeddyEver and the Pura Belpré Award winner #TheDreamCatcherBook 🩷🧡💛🩵💙💜
🐚 9:00-10:00am at the @littlebrownyoungreaders booth 205
🐚 10:30-11:30am at the @latinxkidlitbf booth 819
Please stop by and say hi, always happy to make new friends or meet old friends 🫶🏾🫂
