Tucson Festival of Books

Belonging: Connections that Define Us


Children search for belonging through family and cultural connections that help them explore who they are and who they might become. These authors have created picturebooks about the lives of Latinx and Black children who struggle with their place in the world, finding strength in families and culture.


Panelists
Matt de la Peña

Matt de la Peña is the Newbery Medal–winning author of "Last Stop on Market Street." He is also the author of the award-winning picturebooks "The Perfect Place," "Milo Imagines the World," "Carmela Full of Wishes," and "A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis," as well as critically acclaimed young adult novels....

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Cynthia Harmony

Cynthia Harmony is a bilingual author and educational psychologist from Mexico City. She is the author of "Our World: Mexico" and "Mi Ciudad Sings." Her latest book, "A Flicker of Hope," has received critical acclaim....

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Adiba Nelson

Adiba Nelson is the author of "Ain’t That A Mother," the memoir that Essence, Bustle, and Shondaland all hailed as a "must read," and subject of the Emmy winning documentary, "The Full Nelson....

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Books:
Home
Matt de la Peña
Children
Penguin Group
March 2025
ISBN 9780593110898
48 pages

A Flicker of Hope
A Story of Migration
Cynthia Harmony
Children
Penguin Young Readers Group
February 2024
ISBN 9780593525760
32 pages

Oshún and Me: A Story of Love and Braids
Adiba Nelson
Children
Feiwel & Friends
January 2025
ISBN 9781250891150
32 pages

The Perfect Place
Matt de la Peña
Children
Penguin Young Readers Group
May 2024
ISBN 9780593325636
32 pages
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