Monica Brown, PhD, is the award- winning author of
Waiting for the Biblioburro/ Esperando el Biblioburro, Marisol
McDonald Doesn’t Match/no combina, and the Lola Levine chapter book
series, including Lola Levine Is Not Mean; Lola Levine, Drama
Queen; and Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme. She lives in Arizona
with her family and teaches at Northern Arizona University. Find
out more at www.monicabrown.net.
John Parra is an award-winning illustrator, designer,
teacher, and fine art painter. His children’s books have earned
many awards, including the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, ALA’s Pura
Belpré Honors, the Christopher Award, the International Latino Book
Award, and many more. In 2015 John was invited by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York to present a special event about his work
and career in art and illustration; and in 2017 John’s art appeared
on six Forever postal stamps from the USPS titled “Delicioso.” He
lives with his wife, Maria, in Queens, New York. Find out more at:
www.johnparraart.com
With their folk-art sensibility, Parra's elegant acrylic paintings
evoke Kahlo's style, her palette and her Mexican environment, but
he creates a mood of harmony with the natural world and a lively,
cheerful abundance all his own.
-- "New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books 2017"
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