Dean Robbins is the author of Margaret and the Moon: How
Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing; Miss Paul and the
President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote; and Two
Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, and a lifelong
student of jazz. Dean Robbins lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
Eric Velasquez is the award-winning illustrator of
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, which received a Walter
Dean Myers Award and an SCBWI Golden Kite Award. He has also won a
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award and a Pura Belpré
Illustrator Award. Eric Velasquez lives in Hartsdale, New York.
The Spanish text is both conversational and informative, liberally
using such words as "giraban," "vibraban," and "meneaba," which
will allow readers to feel the electricity of this music and dance
move as they read. Realistic illustrations with historical details
bring to life the many moves and twirls dance couples enjoyed in
close-up views. Additional back matter rounds out this eye-catching
account of the cultural impact of Latin jazz and mambo.
—Booklist (starred review)
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