Honored to announce our first trade review for Into the Mighty Sea! What an incredible journey this debut has been!

I’m beyond grateful for my amazing team at HarperKids and for Cynthia Alonso—the most magnificent artist and partner! To my wonderful agent Monica Rodriguez 🇲🇽 too!

📣 You’re invited to a Virtual Launch Party!!

Join Arlene Abundis Cynthia Alonso Deise Lino and Jackie Morera 🌻 Pre-order ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP! on June 2nd @ 12pm ET as we chat about our picture books 🌊 Into The Mighty Sea and 🌸 Abuelo’s Flower Shop.

RSVP: bit.ly/3Uvvn7W

Beaming Books HarperKids

May the four—kidding just here to shout about my debut picture book coming out one month from today 😱

Abuelo’s Flower Shop is available for preorder at your favorite indie or wherever books are sold! It’s also Tanner approved so …

You can preorder now wherever books are sold, but to preorder a signed/personalized copy + receive swag, visit my local indie Books & Books: bit.ly/3JXtZ8E

Also: Join me & Jackie Morera 🌻 Pre-order ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP! on Sat. June 8 @ Books & Books for a fun storytime, crafts, & signing!

📣 You’re invited to a Virtual Launch Party!!

Join Arlene Abundis Cynthia Alonso Deise Lino and Jackie Morera 🌻 Pre-order ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP! on June 2nd @ 12pm ET as we chat about our picture books 🌊 Into The Mighty Sea and 🌸 Abuelo’s Flower Shop.

RSVP: bit.ly/3Uvvn7W

Beaming Books HarperKids

Click to read our full press release:
highlightsfoundation.org/2024/04/25/hig…

We’ve just awarded scholarships to 115 storytellers who write and illustrate for kids!

The Highlights Foundation has awarded a record 115 scholarships to aspiring and established children’s authors and illustrators for use in 2024.

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For the FIRST time ever--all of the PB_Soar24 book covers TOGETHER! The top four are all available NOW and ALL of rest are available to pre-order wherever books are sold 🎉📚
linktr.ee/pbsoar24

Come see us on June 8th in Coral Gables!

LUPITA'S HURRICANE PALOMITAS, illus. by Anastasiya Kanavaliuk & pubbed by Beaming Books, will be here in 1 month!

This sweet story about a girl who channels her worries about a hurricane into caring for 2 baby pigeons was inspired by an experience we had with Hurricane Irma.

Andrea is an incredible editorial partner! So kind and with an amazing eye for detail. I’m honored I got to work with her on Abuelo’s Flower Shop 🌸💛

If you like DEALS and you're excited about all the upcoming FABULOUS PB_Soar24 books, we have GOOD NEWS!
Barnes & Noble is having a 25% off pre-order sale from 4/17 to 4/19 with code: PREORDER25. 📢barnesandnoble.com
Or shop your local indie any time!

Beyond excited to attend National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) this Nov & chat with fellow LasMusasBooks authors Karina Nicole González Alyssa Reynoso-Morris. Pre-order Plàtanos Are Love Gabriella Aldeman & Cindy Rodriguez. Our panel, Using Picture Books As Tools for Change, Empathy, and Empowerment Across Economic and Linguistic Lines, should be a blast!

Pre-order thank you bundles for Abuelo’s Flower Shop are slowly landing in mailboxes. If you preordered a copy of my book and want some free goodies, fill out the form in my bio link!

Available while supplies last 🌸💛

Beaming Books

Happy Book Birthday to I AM A THUNDERCLOUD 🥳

My debut w/ Running Press Kids illustrated by Marie Hermansson is officially out in the world!

Thanks for purchasing, checking it out, & reviewing.

📸 Leah Moser if you spot it in the wild.

...oh and it's my real birthday today too ✨

It’s here!! OUR WORLD: COLOMBIA, a board book for the littlest ones, illustrated by Manuela Montoya Escobar and published by @barefootbooks as part of their OUR WORLD series, is now out wherever books are sold!

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More here: alexandraalessandri.com/our-world-colo…

What an honor to have been selected for the The Highlights Foundation Latinx Storyteller Scholarship this year 💖

I can think of no better way to enter the final season of debut year this Fall than in community with incredible Latinx authors at Highlights. An absolute dream come true!

I’m so thrilled for my phenomenal critique partner on this exciting next step in her career! Sheila has been an amazing mentor & anyone who lands her as an agent would be beyond lucky. Cheers to you, Sheila!