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"""This lightly fictionalized picture-book biography paints a vivid portrait of Mexican author Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695), then keeper of one of the largest libraries in the Americas. Watercolor and gouache illustrations lend a sunny, idyllic feel to Juana's Mexico. Back matter includes an author's note and a glossary for the interspersed Spanish words."" -- The Horn Book Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, Texas State University College of Education"

This lightly fictionalized picture-book biography paints a vivid portrait of Mexican author Sor (Sister) Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648--1695), then keeper of one of the largest libraries in the Americas. Watercolor and gouache illustrations lend a sunny, idyllic feel to Juana's Mexico. Back matter includes an author's note and a glossary for the interspersed Spanish words. -- The Horn Book Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, Texas State University College of Education

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Pat Mora is the celebrated Latina author of forty award-winning children's poetry and prose picture books. A lifelong literacy advocate, she founded Children's Day, Book Day (El día de los niños, el día de los libros) to celebrate children and motivate them to become readers with daily support from families, teachers, and librarians and annual festivities on April 30. Mora lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Visit her online at patmora.com. Beatriz Vidal is an award-winning painter and illustrator, whose titles include Marti's Song for Freedom/Marti y sus versos por la libertad from Lee & Low Books. Her artwork has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the world, including the International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children in Italy and the Society of Illustrators in New York. Vidal divides her time between New York City and Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can visit her online at beatrizvidal.com.

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