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Summer Author Series- Los Angeles Public Library



For more information visit http://www.lapl.org/summerauthor


Cool off this summer by meeting and connecting with authors at your library! Refreshments will be provided and lucky winners will also be receiving a free copy of the author’s book. Come out and enjoy the fun!

¡Refréscate este verano conociendo y conectándote con autores en tu biblioteca! Los participantes tendrán la oportunidad de recibir un libro gratuito. También se proporcionarán refrigerios.

You can meet the following authors and illustrators: Antonio Sacre, Laura Lacámara, René Colato Laínez, José Lozano, José Pimienta, Lilliam Rivera, Ariana Stein, Patty Rodriguez, Molly Ostertag, Chris Robertson, Tao Nyeu, Abdi Nazemian, LeUyen Pham, Maurene Goo, Kathryn Hewitt, Nilah Magruder, Andrea Loney, Susan Bernardo, Courtenay Fletcher, Eren Unten, Cecil Castellucci, Brandy Colbert, Sara Saedi, Mary McCoy, Aditi Khorana, Robin Benway, Tillie Walden, Erica Silverman, Ashlyn Anstee and Katherine Kottaras.

June


Woodland Hills Branch Library
June 5, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Molly Ostertag

West Los Angeles Regional Library
June 7, 2018 4:15PM to 5:15PM
Summer Author: Meet Chris Robertson

North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
June 9, 2018 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Tao Nyeu

Mar Vista Branch Library
June 11, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Antonio Sacre

Silver Lake Branch Library
June 11, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Abdi Nazemian

Chinatown Branch Library
June 11, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet LeUyen Pham

Northridge Branch Library
June 12, 2018 2:30PM to 3:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Maurene Goo

Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
June 12, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Rene Colato Lainez

Pacoima Branch Library
June 13, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Kathryn Hewitt

Ascot Branch Library
June 13, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Antonio Sacre

Washington Irving Branch Library
June 13, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Nilah Magruder

Mid-Valley Regional Library
June 13, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Rene Colato Lainez

Encino - Tarzana Branch Library
June 14, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Abdi Nazemian

Playa Vista Branch Library
June 15, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Andrea Loney

Alma Reaves Woods - Watts Branch Library
June 19, 2018 2:30PM to 3:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Andrea Loney

Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library
June 20, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Nilah Magruder

Chatsworth Branch Library
June 20, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Susan Bernardo & Courtenay Fletcher

Fairfax Branch Library
June 20, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Kathryn Hewitt

Wilmington Branch Library
June 21, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Andrea Loney

Robert Louis Stevenson Branch Library
June 21, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Antonio Sacre

Felipe de Neve Branch Library
June 21, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Jose Pimienta

Benjamin Franklin Branch Library
June 27, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Lilliam Rivera

Studio City Branch Library
June 27, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Eren Unten

Pico Union Branch Library
June 28, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Laura Lacamara

Atwater Village Branch Library
June 28, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Cecil Castellucci

Echo Park Branch Library
June 28, 2018 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Brandy Colbert

Baldwin Hills Branch Library
June 29, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Molly Ostertag

Eagle Rock Branch Library
June 30, 2018 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Sara Saedi


July

Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library
July 3, 2018 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Ariana Stein

Angeles Mesa Branch Library
July 10, 2018 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Patty Rodriguez

Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library
July 10, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Jose Pimienta

Cahuenga Branch Library
July 10, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Laura Lacamara

Palms - Rancho Park Branch Library
July 11, 2018 10:30AM to 11:30AM
Summer Author: Meet Chris Robertson

Little Tokyo Branch Library
July 11, 2018 10:30AM to 11:30AM
Summer Author: Meet Ariana Stein

Vermont Square Branch Library
July 11, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Rene Colato Lainez

Sunland - Tujunga Branch Library
July 12, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Mary McCoy

Platt Branch Library
July 12, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Aditi Khorana

Westchester - Loyola Village Branch Library
July 12, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Kathryn Hewitt

Studio City Branch Library
July 12, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Robin Benway

North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library
July 12, 2018 5:00PM to July 18, 2018 6:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Tillie Walden

Lincoln Heights Branch Library
July 13, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Lilliam Rivera

Central Library
July 14, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Erica Silverman

Central Library
July 14, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Sara Saedi

Robertson Branch Library
July 15, 2018 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Ashlyn Anstee

Memorial Branch Library
July 16, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Cecil Castellucci

Edendale Branch Library
July 16, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Susan Bernardo & Courtenay Fletcher

Mark Twain Branch Library
July 16, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Tillie Walden

Junipero Serra Branch Library
July 17, 2018 4:30PM to 5:30PM
Summer Author: Nilah Magruder

John C. Fremont Branch Library
July 18, 2018 10:30AM to 11:30AM
Summer Author: Meet Chris Robertson

Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library
July 18, 2018 2:30PM to 3:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Jose Lozano

Sun Valley Branch Library
July 18, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Rene Colato Lainez

Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library
July 19, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Ashlyn Anstee

Malabar Branch Library
July 19, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Lilliam Rivera

Valley Plaza Branch Library
July 19, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Susan Bernardo & Courtenay Fletcher

Benjamin Franklin Branch Library
July 19, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Rene Colato Lainez

Pio Pico - Koreatown Branch Library
July 20, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Erica Silverman

West Valley Regional Branch Library
July 21, 2018 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Aditi Khorana

Arroyo Seco Regional Library
July 23, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Courtenay Fletcher

John Muir Branch Library
July 24, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Jose Lozano

Eagle Rock Branch Library
July 25, 2018 10:30AM to 11:30AM
Summer Author: Meet Tao Nyeu

Exposition Park - Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library
July 25, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Nilah Magruder

Ascot Branch Library
July 26, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Ashlyn Anstee

Porter Ranch Branch Library
July 26, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Robin Benway

Frances Howard Goldwyn - Hollywood Regional Library
July 27, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Jose Lozano

El Sereno Branch Library
July 30, 2018 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Summer Author: Meet Mary McCoy

Lake View Terrace Branch Library
July 31, 2018 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Patty Rodriguez

Junipero Serra Branch Library
July 31, 2018 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Jose Pimienta

Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch Library
July 31, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet E. Katherine Kottaras

Wilshire Branch Library
July 31, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Laura Lacamara



August 

Lincoln Heights Branch Library
August 2, 2018 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Summer Author: Meet Tao Nyeu





2017 Américas Book Award Winners




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The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The award is sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).


Award Winners


 Ada’s Violin written by Susan Hood and illustrated by Sally Wern Comport. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016. ISBN: 978-1481-430-951 

 The Only Road written by Alexandra Diaz. Simon & Schuster, 2016. ISBN: 978-1481457507



Honorable Mention Titles 

Malaika’s Costume written by Nadia L. Hohn and illustrated by Irene Luxbacher. Groundwood Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-1554987542 

The Distance Between Us written by Reyna Grande. Aladdin, Simon & Schuster, 2016. ISBN: 978-1481463713



Commended Titles 

Burn Baby Burn written by Meg Medina. Candlewick Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0763674670 

Juana & Lucas written by Juana Medina. Candlewick Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0763672089 

Lion Island written by Margarita Engle. Simon & Schuster, 2016. ISBN: 978-1481461122 

Lowriders to the Center of the Earth written by Cathy Camper and illustrated by Raúl the Third. Chronicle Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-1452123431


 Mamá the Alien / Mamá La Extraterrestre written by René Colato Laínez and illustrated by Laura Lacámara. Children’s Book Press, Lee & Low Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-0892392988 

Margarito’s Forest / El Bosque de Don Margarito written by Andy Carter and illustrated by Allison Havens. Hard Ball Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0997979701 

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat written by Javaka Steptoe. Hachette Book Group, 2016. ISBN: 978-0316213882 

Rainbow Weaver – Tejedora del arcoirís written by Linda Elovitz Marshall and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri. Children’s Book Press, Lee & Low Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-0892393749 

Shame the Stars written by Guadalupe García McCall. Lee & Low Books, 2016. ISBN: 978- 1620142783

Somos Como Los Nubes / We are Like the Clouds written by Jorge Argueta and illustrated by Alfonso Ruano. Groundwood Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-1554988495 

The Memory of Light written by Francisco X. Stork. Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic, 2016. ISBN: 978-0545474320

The Princess and the Warrior written Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. ISBN: 978-1419721304


The School the Aztec Eagles Built written by Dorinda Makanaōnalani Nicholson. Lee & Low Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-1600604409