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Alexandra Alessandri
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🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children's Author. Educator. Next in '24: Our Wold: Colombia, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas, & Grow Up, Luchy Zapata. Rep: Deborah Warren @ East West Literary Agency.
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@apalessandri.bsky.social, someone was nice enough to send me one of your books for work. Thank you for having English and Spanish on the same page. It makes things so much easier for educators and the parents/guardians who might be ELLs.
October 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Hispanic Heritage Month books by @apalessandri.bsky.social
Isabel and her Colores Go to School Illus Courtney Dawson/ SleepingBearBks

Columbia / Illus. Manu Montoya /Barefoot Books

And: Gaudi /Susan B. Katz /Illus. Linda Schwalbe @northsouthbooks.bsky.social

CBC: cbcbooks.org/readers/reader…
September 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Sizzling SUMMER News: mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...
Happy Book Bdays @stacysjensen.bsky.social @apalessandri.bsky.social @laurenkerstein.bsky.social @staciawrites.bsky.social @natashayim.bsky.social Bob McKinnon, Andrew Root
Deals —John Ledda, @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social
And SO much GOOD news!
Good News from East to West!
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August 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Congratulations to our two International #Latino Book Awards finalists:
Alexandra Alessandri / Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
@simonkids.bsky.social @apalessandri.bsky.social

@lucianaillustra.bsky.social & Elly Berke /
Listen, Wonder, Ask / Tilbury House Publishers
#KidlitMegaFeed #Kidlit #Skybrarians
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Still thinking about what Chimamdani Ngozi Adichie said at this weekend's National Book Festival. #Truth
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on stage at the National Book Festival with a quote in white font to the side of her on the graphic: "The banning of books speaks to the power of books. You do not ban a thing that does not have power."
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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For the month of August we're featuring the classic back to school theme for our picture book recs!

2. ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL, 2021
Author: @apalessandri.bsky.social
Illustrator: tugeau2.com/courtney-daw...
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#Booksky
#picturebooks
#AllessandraAllessandri
#CourtneyDawson
August 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Happy 1st birthday, Lupita! 🥳

Illus by Anastasiya Kanavaliuk & pubbed by Beaming Books, LUPITA’S HURRICANE PALOMITAS is a story about hurricanes but also about kindness in the midst of a storm.

More here, including where to buy & fantastic educator's guide: alexandraalessandri.com/hurricane-pa...
May 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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This Sat, 4/26 is #IndieBookstoreDay!

Get a free signed bookplate + swag for any of my books purchased from an indie bookstore in the U.S. on 4/26!

Fill out this form & I'll drop in the mail: forms.gle/FBEQYcm4m9vx...

Thank you for supporting indie bookstores!
April 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"STAFF PICKS: Currently reading Rex Ogle, Meg Medina, @apalessandri.bsky.social 📚✨
What Latinx kidlit book are you reading? What’s on your TBR? Share in the comments!
Need ideas? Our database is packed with amazing reads buff.ly/pvDBz5q
#LatinxKidLit
March 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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This year I’ve tried smthg new for 4th grade-flashcard rings connected a mg book I’m reading in English (The enchanted life of Valentina Mejía by @apalessandri.bsky.social ) Not only really helpful for practicing vocab but also for showing kids tangibly what we’ve been learning #Langchat #earlylang
Ring of flashcards with Spanish vocabulary for fourth grade)
January 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Alexandra Alessandri - Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela! - KidLit in Color #kidlit #WeNeedDiverseBooks #elemchat
November 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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With 2 recent #hurricanes hitting St Pete's, FL, LUPITA'S HURRICANE PALOMITAS from #BeamingBooks is just the right book at the right time! #ncte24 Booth 504
November 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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If you are looking for a way to use a holiday gift card for a kid, consider checking out thr Cybils short lists.

It is such a great experience to judge Elem/MG realistic fiction to help male these short lists. These are excellent books!
Not Nothing book cover The Misfits book cover The Tenth Mistake of Hank book cover Hooperman book cover Tig book cover Bletchley Riddle book cover The Door Is Open book cover Grow Up, Luchy Zapata book cover
January 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Book Review: All the Love Under the Vast Sky edited by Kip Wilson

A great read about love of all kinds around the world and throughout time. Definitely check it out!

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Book Review: All the Love Under the Vast Sky edited by Kip Wilson
It's the rare anthology where every story feels strong, and this one certainly achieves that. A great read about love of all kinds around the world and throughout time. Definitely check it out!
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January 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Look at this list of contributors for ALL THE LOVE UNDER THE VAST SKY! What's not to love? Stories by:

Alexandra Alessandri, David Bowles, Melanie Crowder, Margarita Engle, Eric Gansworth, Robin Gow, Mariama J. Lockington, Laura Ruby, Padma Venkatraman, Jasmine Warga, Charles Waters, & Kip Wilson
All the Love Under the Vast Sky by Alexandra Alessandri, David Bowles, Melanie Crowder, Margarita Engle, Eric Gansworth, Robin Gow, Mariama J. Lockington, Laura Ruby, Padma Venkatraman, Jasmine Warga,...
Twelve short stories in verse by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the highs and lows of love – romantic, platonic, familial, and self-love. Love can be many things – all-consuming,....
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January 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I was fortunate enough to meet @apalessandri.bsky.social at NCTE in Boston & she signed a copy of her gorgeous book to me! Kids going through hard, uncertain times will connect with this story & all readers will connect to the kindness shown. Read my review
here:
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January 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Happy Book Birthday to All the Love Under the Vast Sky. This book contains 12 short stories in verse by bestselling & award-winning authors that explore the highs & lows of love –romantic, platonic, familial, & self-love. Congrats @margaritaengle.bsky.social @apalessandri.bsky.social
#latinxkidlit
January 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Congratulations to @cybilsawards.bsky.social finalists for #MGLit fiction, including @lisayee.bsky.social & @dansantat.bsky.social, @apalessandri.bsky.social, Gayle Forman, Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, @choldenko.bsky.social, Heather Smith, and Hena Khan and all the authors of THE DOOR IS OPEN!
January 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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My short story “Kaleidoscope,” about a girl navigating grief and chronic pain, will be published in ALL THE LOVE UNDER THE VAST SKY, a beautiful YA anthology of stories in verse edited by @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social.

It releases Jan 14, 2025!! Preorder today: bit.ly/3wSp8lR
apalessandri.bsky.social Alexandra Alessandri @apalessandri.bsky.social · Oct 4
ALL THE LOVE UNDER THE VAST SKY, an anthology of verse stories for teens, edited by @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social received really lovely praise from Kirkus Reviews: "Love wins in this enjoyable, well-executed anthology."

View full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
January 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Let’s do this #storystorm2025!
January 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Omg what an incredible way to start 2025!! THANK YOU @cybilsawards.bsky.social committee for choosing GROW UP, LUCHY ZAPATA as a finalist in the Elementary/Middle-Grade category!! What an honor 🥹
cybilsawards.bsky.social Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · Jan 1
What happens when middle school starts and everything changes? With its diverse story featuring two Colombian-American leads and Spanish sprinkled throughout, this book expertly tackles that tricky transition to middle school, friendship drama, and being yourself.

@apalessandri.bsky.social
4/8
January 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I can't wait to meet educators and author friends this week at #NCTE24!! This is probably one of my favorite conferences, both as an educator and author.

Here's where to find me on Friday and Saturday!!
November 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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ALL THE LOVE UNDER THE VAST SKY, an anthology of verse stories for teens, edited by @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social received really lovely praise from Kirkus Reviews: "Love wins in this enjoyable, well-executed anthology."

View full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
October 4, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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OUR WORLD: COLOMBIA has been out for 6 months (on Oct 2)! 🥳 🇨🇴

This #boardbook written by me, illus by Manu Montoya, & pubbed by Barefoot Books has received so much love, & I’m forever grateful. Also love seeing the excitement of fellow #Colombians when they spot this book. 🥰❤️
October 4, 2024 at 1:38 PM