Alexandra Alessandri |
Coming 10.1.2020!
Available for pre-order now! |
FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA...
Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?
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Coming fall 2021
ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL...
Sarah Rockett at Sleeping Bear Press has acquired world rights to Alexandra Alessandri's bilingual picture book Isabel and Her Colores Go to School, illustrated by Courtney Dawson. Isabel doesn't speak much English, preferring the colors and comfort of Spanish, yet she still finds creative ways to communicate when words won't work. Publication is set for fall 2021; Deborah Warren at East West Literary represented the author, and Nicole Tugeau at Tugeau 2 represented the illustrator. -Publishers Weekly
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Ava Gabriela is visiting her extended family in Colombia for the holidays. She's excited to take part in family traditions such as making bunuelos, but being around all her loud relatives in an unfamiliar place makes Ava shy and quiet. How will Ava find her voice before she misses out on all the New Year's fun?
ADD TO GOODREADS
Coming fall 2021
ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL...
Sarah Rockett at Sleeping Bear Press has acquired world rights to Alexandra Alessandri's bilingual picture book Isabel and Her Colores Go to School, illustrated by Courtney Dawson. Isabel doesn't speak much English, preferring the colors and comfort of Spanish, yet she still finds creative ways to communicate when words won't work. Publication is set for fall 2021; Deborah Warren at East West Literary represented the author, and Nicole Tugeau at Tugeau 2 represented the illustrator. -Publishers Weekly
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ABOUT ALEXANDRA...
Alexandra Peñaloza Alessandri is a Colombian-American poet, professor, and children's author. She received her BA and MA degrees in English from Florida International University and a Certificate of Fiction from UCLA Extension. Her poetry has appeared in The Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, YARN, and Atlanta Review, while her picture books FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA! (Albert Whitman) and ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL (Sleeping Bear Press) are forthcoming in 2020 and 2021, respectively. When not writing or teaching, Alexandra spends her time daydreaming, playing the piano, and planning the next great adventure with her family. She lives in Florida with her husband, son, and hairless pup, dreaming of Colombia.
https://alexandraalessandri.com/
Alexandra Peñaloza Alessandri is a Colombian-American poet, professor, and children's author. She received her BA and MA degrees in English from Florida International University and a Certificate of Fiction from UCLA Extension. Her poetry has appeared in The Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, YARN, and Atlanta Review, while her picture books FELIZ NEW YEAR, AVA GABRIELA! (Albert Whitman) and ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL (Sleeping Bear Press) are forthcoming in 2020 and 2021, respectively. When not writing or teaching, Alexandra spends her time daydreaming, playing the piano, and planning the next great adventure with her family. She lives in Florida with her husband, son, and hairless pup, dreaming of Colombia.
https://alexandraalessandri.com/