Activities & Resources

You can dig deeper into any of my books with these fun activities and videos.


 

Arturo and the Bienvenido Feast


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Resources for Teachers & Librarians:

  • COLORIN COLORADO
    A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners
  • COOPERATIVE CHILDREN’S BOOK CENTER   
    CCBC is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children’s and young adult literature. The CCBC is a noncirculating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children’s and young adult literature.
  • CYNSATIONS
    An award-winning children’s author writes about/compiles resources on publishing, diverse books, children’s-YA book news, conversations on writing.
  • DIVERSE BOOK FINDER
    This group’s mission is to diversify and balance bookshelves everywhere, that all our children can find themselves reflected and celebrated in libraries, schools and homes across the nation.
  • FIRST BOOK                        
    First Book is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to children in need. Since our founding in 1992, First Book has distributed more than 170 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income families.
  • LEE AND LOW BLOG
    Lee & Low Books is the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States, committed to publishing diverse books that are about everyone, for everyone. We are dedicated to cultural authenticity, and we make a special effort to work with new authors and illustrators of color. Their blog is on race, diversity, education, and children’s books.
  • PRAGMATIC MOM
    This blog covers “parenting, children’s literature and education.”
  • SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOKS
    Features  more than 50 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.
  • THE BROWN BOOKSHELF  
    The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers.
  • WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS   
    We Need Diverse Books™ is a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.
  • WORLDS OF WORDS
    Worlds of Words builds bridges across global cultures through children’s and adolescent literature.​

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