ABOUT ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE...
Only For a Little While, a bilingual picture book in which Maribel and her family must move in with her aunt and cousins, por un ratito—for a little while—and observe and appreciate all the differences that come with living in a new place. A heartwarming story about family and change–and how love is always the constant.
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Only For a Little While, a bilingual picture book in which Maribel and her family must move in with her aunt and cousins, por un ratito—for a little while—and observe and appreciate all the differences that come with living in a new place. A heartwarming story about family and change–and how love is always the constant.
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ABOUT GABRIELA...
Gabriela Orozco Belt is a Costa Rican American writer who writes about family, language, and love. While she moved often as a child, she now calls the Mojave Desert home. Inspired by her own childhood experiences, Only for a Little While is her debut picture book. Gabriela received a B.A. in English Literature from California State University, San Bernardino and an M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California at Riverside. She has taught high school English for fifteen years and is beginning a new journey as school librarian. Gabriela is a wife of twenty years and a mother of three, whose oldest is in his third year of college, whose middle child is in her third year of high school, and whose youngest child is living her best life in seventh grade.
https://gabrielabelt.com
Gabriela Orozco Belt is a Costa Rican American writer who writes about family, language, and love. While she moved often as a child, she now calls the Mojave Desert home. Inspired by her own childhood experiences, Only for a Little While is her debut picture book. Gabriela received a B.A. in English Literature from California State University, San Bernardino and an M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California at Riverside. She has taught high school English for fifteen years and is beginning a new journey as school librarian. Gabriela is a wife of twenty years and a mother of three, whose oldest is in his third year of college, whose middle child is in her third year of high school, and whose youngest child is living her best life in seventh grade.
https://gabrielabelt.com