The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya

Favorite Families in Childrenโ€™s Literature By Pablo Cartaya I have a big loud Cuban-American family. We have disagreements, celebrate successes together, bicker, complain, cry, laugh, you name it my family does it together. I think back to the influential books that stayed with me, and I realize that many of them have big colorful families […]

Author & Book Spotlight! Guadalupe Garcia McCall

ย It was my second year as a high school librarian and we were fortunate to host Guadalupe Garcia McCall at our high school. She had just been awarded the Pure Belpre Award for her debut novel Under the Mesquite. Under the Mesquite is a novel in verse that captured my heart and mind in an […]