Madrina Musa
ISABEL QUINTERO
Isabel Quintero is a Mexican-American writer of children's and young adult literature, poetry and fiction. She was born in the Inland Empire of Southern California and grew up in the city of Corona. She taught English at San Bernardino Valley College and Mt. San Jacinto College. Quintero is also a freelance writer for the Arts Council of San Bernardino and an active member of PoetrIE, an organization working to bring literary arts to Inland Empire communities. She wrote the award-winning young adult fiction novel Gabi, A Girl in Pieces (2014, Cinco Puntos Press), and two books for younger children, Ugly Cat and Pablo (2017) and Ugly Cat and Pablo and the Missing Brother (2017) (Scholastic). Her graphic novel illustrated by Zeke Peña, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide (2018, The Getty) was a Boston-Globe Horn Book Award winner for Non-Fiction. Her picture book, My Papi Has a Motorcycle (2019) also illustrated by Zeke Peña was just released by Kokila Books.
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ISABEL'S MOST RECENT BOOK: MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE with ILLUSTRATIONS BY ZEKE PENA...
A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, by an award-winning author and illustrator duo.
When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her.
But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there.
With vivid illustrations and text bursting with heart, My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl's love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.
A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, by an award-winning author and illustrator duo.
When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her.
But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there.
With vivid illustrations and text bursting with heart, My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl's love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.