Margarita Engle es una poeta, novelista y periodista Cubano-Americana. Ella es la autora de libros de no ficción en formatos ilustrado, de grado medio y adultos jóvenes. Margarita Engle también es la autora de novelas en verso, incluyendo el libro de Honor Newberry El Árbol de la Rendición y los libros de Honor Pura Belpré The Firefly Letters y Hurricane Dancers.
Rafael López ha ilustrado varios libros galardonados, incluyendo Book Fiesta!: Celebremos el Día de los Niños / El Día de los Libros, escrito por Pat Mora; Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo, escrito por Monica Brown; y The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, escrito por Samantha Vamos.
Margarita Engle is the Cuban-American author of many verse novels, memoirs, and picture books, including The Surrender Tree, All the Way to Havana, Bravo!, Drum Dream Girl, and Dancing Hands. Awards include a Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Medals, Golden Kite Award, Walter Honor, Jane Addams Award, PEN U.S.A., and NSK Neustadt Prize, among others. Margarita served as the national 2017-2019 Young People’s Poet Laureate. Recent young adult verse novels include Wings in the Wild and Wild Dreamers. Recent picture books include Water Day and The Sculptors of Light.
Margarita was born in Los Angeles, but developed a deep attachment to her mother’s homeland during childhood summers with relatives on the island. She studied agronomy and botany along with creative writing, and now lives in central California.
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The work of
Rafael López is a fusion of strong graphic style and magical symbolism. Growing up in Mexico City, he was immersed in the rich cultural heritage and native color of street life. He has illustrated many award-winning books, including
Book Fiesta! by Pat Mora;
Tito Puente Mambo King, by Monica Brown; and
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha Vamos. In 2012 he was selected by the Library of Congress to create the artwork for the National Book Festival in Washington D.C.
