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Monica Brown, Ph.D. is the author of awardwinning bilingual books for children, including My Name Is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz , a recipient of the Américas Award for Children's Literature and a Pura Belpré Honor. Her second picture book, My Name Is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral/Me llamo Gabriela: La vida de Gabriela Mistral shares the story of the first Latina to win a Nobel Prize.

Monica's books are inspired by her Peruvian-American heritage and desire to share Latino/a stories with children. "I write from a place of deep passion, joy, and commitment to producing the highest possible quality of literature for children. In my biographies, the lives of my subjects are so interesting and transformational that I am simply giving them voice for a young audience. I don't think it is ever too early to introduce children to the concepts of magical realism, social justice, and dreaming big!"

Her other books include Chavela and the Magic Bubble , Pelé, King of Soccer/Pelé, el rey del fútbol , My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Márquez/Me llamo Gabito: La vida de Gabriel Garcia Márquez , and the forthcoming Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/Lado a lado, La Historia de Dolores Huerta y César Chávez .

Monica Brown is a Professor of English at Northern Arizona University, specializing in U.S. Latino Literature and Multicultural Literature. She also writes and publishes scholarly work with a Latino/a focus, including Gang Nation: Delinquent Citizenship in Puerto Rican and Chicano and Chicana Literature; and numerous scholarly articles and chapters on Latino/a literature and cultural studies. She is a recipient of the prestigious Rockefeller Fellowship on Chicano Cultural Literacies from the Center for Chicano Studies at the University of California. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Flagstaff, Arizona.

To hear Monica Brown on Arizona NPR radio, click here or here. Find out what Monica Brown has to say about children's books and literacy here and here.

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Books from Monica Brown

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

Waiting for the Biblioburro

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

Lola Levine Is Not Mean!

Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual Spanish-English

Lola Levine: Drama Queen

Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello

My Name Is Celia: The Life Of Celia Cruz / Me Llamo Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz

My Name is Gabito / Me llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez

Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome

Chavela and the Magic Bubble

Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El rey del futbol: Bilingual Spanish-English

Small Room, Big Dreams: The Journey of Julián and Joaquin Castro

Sarai in the Spotlight

Sarai and the Around the World Fair

Sarai Saves the Music

Clara and the Curandera/Clara y La Curandera

Butterflies on Carmen Street/Mariposas En La Calle Carmen

Saraí y la Feria Alrededor del Mundo (Sarai and the Around the World Fair, Spanish Edition)