Aniana del Mar Jumps in -- Jasminne Mendez, Hardcover
Author: Jasminne Mendez
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 03/14/2023
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.51w x 1.42d
ISBN: 9780593531815
Audience: Ages 9-12
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2023
Booklist 01/01/2023 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2023
School Library Journal 03/01/2023 pg. 86
About the Author
Jasminne Mendez is a best-selling Dominican-American poet, educator, translator, playwright and award winning author of several books for children and adults. She has had poetry and essays published in numerous journals and anthologies and she is the author of two multi-genre collections including Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press, 2013) which won an International Latino Book Award. Her debut poetry collection City Without Altar was a finalist for the Noemi Press poetry prize and was released in August 2022(Noemi Press) and her debut picture book Josefina's Habichuelas (Arte Publico Press, 2021) was the Writer's League of Texas Children's Book Discovery Prize Winner. She has translated the work of NYT Best Selling authors Amanda Gorman, Nikole Hannah-Jones, René Watson and Calribel Ortega. She is an MFA graduate of the creative writing program at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and a University of Houston alumni. She is the Program Director for the literary arts non-profit Tintero Projects and she lives and works in Houston, TX.
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