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Maritere R. Bellas
@maritererbellas.bsky.social
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Award-winning author, speaker, language and culture advocate, podcast host.
Repped by Gaby Cabezut,
The Seymour Agency.#bilingual #multicultural
🇵🇷🇺🇸 Winner 2024 #FallWritingFrenzy #SCBWI
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maritererbellas.bsky.social
Excited to meet new friends this coming Sunday!!
@pretendcity.bsky.social
Two book readings!
12 noon and 2:30 pm
Thanks for sharing! 😀❤️

#TíoRickyBilingualBook #TíoRickyBookTour
#LanguageandCulture #kidlit
#teachers #parents #librarians #bilingualparenting #duallanguage #LilLibros
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
So fun meeting new #bilingual niños that enjoy my book!
Cele is very lucky that her parents are raising her with Español and English!
Reading to her and her sister in both languages early on is a gift! 😀❤️

#TíoRickyBilingualBook
#TíoRickyBookTour
#kidlit
#LilLibros
#LibélulaBooks
#writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Thank you so much, friend!!
It was so fun to chat with you about my writing journey and the message behind Tío Ricky!!
I hope your audience enjoys!
¡Mil gracias! @marianarios.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️

#LilLibros
marianarios.bsky.social Mariana Ríos Ramírez @marianarios.bsky.social · 10d
Today I’m celebrating the release of my dear amiga’s book 📕♥️

Congratulations, Maritere! 🥳

I invite you to read this lovely interview to learn more about Maritere’s book and journey.

https://marianariosramirez.com/tio-ricky-doesnt-speak-english/

#kidlit #bilingual #pb #picturebooks
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Congratulations @sandraproudman.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉
@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
A love language picture book? Gimme! This new picture book shows 5 ways to give and receive love. by @aventurasenesl.bsky.social
¡En español y en inglés!!Available anywhere books are sold!
#lovelanguagebookforkids
#5lovelanguages
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Book event @booksandbooks.bsky.social ✅
An amazing experience!
Grateful to everyone at the store, and the families and friends that joined! ❤️❤️❤️

#TíoRickyBilingualBook
#TioRickyBookTour
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Congratulations!!!
@jpuglow.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉
One of my favs!! #FallWritingFrenzy
@lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
🧡🧡🧡
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Love spending a few ours with Jenny Lizarraga and her mamá. Jenny is the founder of @cincobooks.bsky.social and #greenseedspublishing.
At #macondokendall
Excited for the many collabs in 2026! Stay tuned, mi gente! 😀🧡🧡🧡
November 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Always fun signing a copy of my new picture book to a dear friend! @jeannettekaplun.bsky.social founder @hispanaglobal.bsky.social
¡Gracias por tanto, Jeannette!

#TíoRickyBilingualBook
#TíoRickyBookTour
#LanguageandCulture
#MamásLatinas #LatinaAuthors #LilLibros
#AventuraMall #Miami
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Love it!! Im reading IF YOUR BABYSITTER IS A BRUJA by @asiqueira.bsky.social
🧡🧡🧡
@picturebooksummit.bsky.social 😄
picturebooksummit.bsky.social Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 16d
What are YOU reading this Wednesday?

Kelli's reading POPO THE XOLO from Paloma Angelina Lopez, Abraham Matias & @charlesbridge.bsky.social.

Check this #picturebook out at your library or the #PBSummit Bookshop: picturebooksummit.co...

#amwriting #amreading #kidlit #booksky
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October 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Thank you @vromansbookstore.bsky.social for this display! Excited to share Tío Ricky with your community!
#LilLibros #TíoRickyBilingualBook #TíoRickyBookTour #writingcommunity #authorslife
October 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Mi gente in the northernmost part of LA. Join us this Saturday at Tia Chuchas in Sylmar. Excited to meet new bilingual niños.
¡Los esperamos!
❤️❤️❤️
#TíoRickyBilingualBook #TíoRickyBookTour
#LilLibros
October 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Tío Ricky at Local Fixture in Whittier!

#TíoRickyBilingualBook #TíoRickyBookTour #Kidlit
#LilLibros #LocalFixture
#LanguageandCulture
#Whittier
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
When your local newspaper features your work, have to share! Thank you The Beach Reporter and Melissa Heckscher for the amazing article!

#writingcommunity #goals #TíoRickyBilingualBook
#bilingualparenting #LilLibros
October 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
A treat to donate a copy of Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés to my kid’s elementary school and their Spanish teacher!

Book available everywhere now and
lillibros.com/products/tio...

Maybe your kid’s school needs a copy too! 😉
Reviews welcome!! 🙏🏻❤️

#authorslife #kidlit
October 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Happy Book Birthday to me!!
Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés, ages 4-8, available everywhere now!
Remember to shop small! 😄

Grateful for your reviews!
¡Gracias!!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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scbwi.bsky.social
We read banned books 📚 SCBWI Staff and our favorite SCBWI blogger @themermancam share our picks for what banned book we’d recommend!

What is your favorite banned book and why is it important to you? Comment below ⬇️

Learn more about how to combat censorship here: www.scbwi.org/essential-re...
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
It’s always a special day when I get to see my friend, critique partner and soon to be a published author @felizreading.bsky.social
TQM, Adri!!

#TíoRickyBilingualBook
#TíoRickyBookTour
#TheUntoldStoryBookstore
#Kidlit
#LilLibros
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Mi gente!! This Saturday I will be in Anaheim at
#TheUntoldStory reading and signing my #bilingual children’s book, Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés.
Bring all the kiddos in the neighborhood!
11 am-1pm
¡Los esperamos!
❤️❤️❤️
October 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Maritere R. Bellas
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
I'm a literary translator of over 200 books, working between Spanish & English in both directions.

Especially #poetry & #kidlit, although have also translated novels, comics, essays, etc.

Some authors I've translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, Koleka Putuma, Juan Villoro, etc.

#xl8 #booksky
A photo of six books I have translated into Spanish: BLUETS by Maggie Nelson DON'T CALL US DEAD by Danez Smith WHY KEANU REEVES IS LONELY by Simeon Dumdum, Jr. COLLECTIVE AMNESIA by Koleka Putuma ÉRASE UN VERSO is an anthology of fairy tale poems by Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Gregory Maguire, etc. MILLIONS OF CATS by Wanda Gág A photo of 6 books I have translated into English, the top row is fiction: Illustrated fiction from Mexico: THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro Magallanes (Enchanted Lion) Queer metafiction from Spain: THE WORST THING OF ALL IS THE LIGHT by José Luis Serrano (Seagull) Queer coming of age story from Equatorial Guinea: LA BASTARDA by Trifonia Melibea Obono (Feminist Press) The bottom row is poetry: From Mexico: SOMETIMES I WRITE POEMS AND SOMETIMES I WRITE POEMS by Martín Rangel (Broken Sleep) From Benin (a trilingual edition Gun-Spanish-English): VOICE OF THE TWO SHORES by Agnès Agboton (flipped eye) From Cuba: MUSIC FOR BAMBOO STRINGS by Carlos Pintado (Sundial House)
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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picturebooksummit.bsky.social
Some fun and sage words from Emma's talk: "Wordcount Wizardry"!

#amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
October 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Mi gente in the LA area!
Up next stop on my book tour, Casita Bookstore in Long Beach. This Saturday!
Join us! 😄❤️

#CasitaBookstore #LilLibros
#TíoRickyBilingualBook
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Excited for this one!!
@kidlit411.bsky.social @victorpineiro.bsky.social
Don’t miss out, mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
kidlit411.bsky.social Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social · Sep 26
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, THE ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS by @victorpineiro.bsky.social (Sourcebooks)

To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday update: kidlit411.com/2025/09/the-... (+ more ways to win)
September 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Did you sign up yet??
@picturebooksummit.bsky.social
Happy viernes, mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
picturebooksummit.bsky.social Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · Sep 26
🚨GIVEAWAY🚨⁠
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It's the last day to get your #PBSummit ticket AND be entered to win a critique from Emma Walton Hamilton! ⁠
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www.picturebooksummi...⁠

Grab your ticket now to be eligible for this priceless prize. See you online on 10/4!

#amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #booksky
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
maritererbellas.bsky.social
Happy lunes, mi gente!!
Wishing you a productive week! 😄❤️

#goodmorningimagesdaily
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM