Monica Brown (she/her/hers)

Cameron Schmitz

Monica Brown is a Spanish and English-language author of biographies and picture books. Her work includes the Lola Levine chapter book series and picturebooks like "Waiting for the Biblioburro" and "Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People."  Brown's books have received awards like the Pura Belpré Honors, Américas Awards, NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor for Nonfiction and The Christopher Award, among others. Her book, "Small Room, Big Dreams: The Journey of Julián and Joaquin Castro," is forthcoming in spring 2021 and "Sharuko: el arqueólogo Peruano/Peruvian Archaeologist" was published in fall 2020. 

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Awards: Américas Award (twice); Christopher Award; Orbus Pictus Honor; Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos is a NYTimes/NYPL Best Illustrated Book of 2017

Dreaming Big and Working Hard: Celebrations of Latin America

Celebrate the people of Latin America through three new books about an indigenous family in a Peruvian rainforest, the first indigenous archaeologist in Peru and a glimpse into lives of Latinitas throughout the Americás.

Helios Education Foundation Children/Teen Stage (Seats 1000)
Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Children / Teens
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Panelists: Monica Brown, Juana Martinez-Neal, Juliet Menéndez
Moderator: Maria Acevedo