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Sara Fajardo
@safajarwrites.bsky.social
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Dual immersion teacher and author I Crack Goes the Cascarón '25 I Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa '25 I A Tanta Wawa for Abuelo '26

Repped by Nicole Geiger-Full Circle Literary

#LatinxPitch Co-founder

she/Ella

www.sarafajardowrites.com
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The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival is just right around the corner! Tune in on 9/1 for a blinugal story time with me & @monicamancillas.bsky.social as we read from our newest books!

Watch ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaBw...

Full festival schedule: latinxkidlitbookfestival.org/2025-festival

#EduSky
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Going to #TXLA25? I'll be a panelist on the Story of My Life: Beautiful Biographies for Kids, with a stellar line-up of authors. Plus, signing my books on the 2nd. Would love to meet you!

#EduSky #TexasLibrarians #BookSky #libraries #librarians
March 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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IEggciting news... The Crack Goes the Cascarón educator guide is now available for download. Bring this vibrant Latine tradition to life in your classroom!

sarafajardowrites.com/for-educators/

@denarmen.bsky.social

#KidLit #EduSky #EducatorGuide
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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I'm in happy shock! My book collaboration with the amazing @juanamartinezn.bsky.social , Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con la Papa is an Amazon Editor Best Book of the month for March. Pinch me I must be dreaming.

www.amazon.com/Paka-Papa-Sa...

#kidLit #EduSky
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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It's a 4th starred review for my picture book collaboration w/ @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa, a biography that is a love letter to the potato, the Andes, and the work of plant collectors. Pre-order now. sarafajardowrites.com/alberto-sala... #EduSky #Kidlit
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Love that you do this. My book Crack Goes the Cascarón released on 2/18. Hilariously illustrated by @denarmen.bsky.social Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. Features the Latine tradition of cracking eggs filled w/ confetti on people's heads.

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#EduSky
Cover art of Crack Goes the Cascaron. A young boy with confetti filled eggs in his hands is jumping while surrounded by his laughing family. Cover art of La explosión del cascarón. A young boy with confetti filled eggs in his hands is jumping while surrounded by his laughing family.
February 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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So appreciate it! Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa. Illustrated by @juanamartinezn.bsky.social & published by Roaring Brook Press. Out 3/18.

Available in English & Spanish. #ClimateChange

JLG Gold Standard & 4 ⭐ reviews & counting.

sarafajardowrites.com/alberto-sala... #EduSKy
Cover of the book Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa. Alberto Salas holding a potato. He's wearing a yellow coat and purple potato flowers are in the background. Cover of the book Alberto Salas Juega a la Paka Paka con la Papa. Alberto Salas holding a potato. He's wearing a yellow coat and purple potato flowers are in the background.
February 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A few days late, but couldn't pass up on this rite of passage of my official unboxing of Crack Goes the Cascarón Art by @denarmen.bsky.social

🐓🥚 🐓🥚 🐓🥚 🐓🥚 🐓🥚 🐓🥚

Order signed copies from @copperfieldsbooks in Novato. www.copperfieldsbooks.com/novato

#KidLit #AuthorUnboxing #NewReleases
February 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Serving my debut picture book Crack Goes the Cascarón sunny side up. Now available wherever books are sold.

You can purchase signed copies via Copperfield's Novato.

E-mail or call to order your copy: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/novato
Announcement that book Crack Goes the Cascarón is now available for sale. Features the coves of the book in Spanish and English.
February 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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It's a 3rd 🌟for Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con la Papa, mine & @juanamartinezn.bsky.social's love letter to the Peruvian Andes. Grateful to @slj.com for really seeing our 📘. They called Juana's depictions of Alberto a "metaphorical beam of light." Perfect! #Kidlit

www.slj.com/review/alber...
February 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con la Papa is officially out on 3/18! Pre-order now at @barnesandnoble.com & get 25% off using #BNpreorder at checkout. @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Just two more weeks before CRACK GOES THE CASCARÓN hits shelves. Exuberant art by Rocio Arreola Mendoza.

Pre-order wherever books are sold.

sarafajardowrites.com/crack-goes-t...

#Kidlit
February 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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My book Crack Goes the Cascarón debuts simultaneously in English and Spanish on 2/18. Art by the amazing Rocio Arreola Mendoza. Published by Knopf

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January 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Well hello there 2025, the year that will officially make me a published picture book author. Can't wait for the kids to read my books, CRACK GOES THE CASCARON and my pb bio ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA :)

Feeling like a kid waiting for her birthday party.
Cover of the picture book biography Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa, written by Sara Fajardo and illustrated by Juana Martinez Neal. Main character Alberto is holding a potato in front of his eye, he is wearing a yellow coat, and in the background purple potato flowers blossom. Cover of the picture book Crack Goes the Cascarón, written by Sara Fajardo and illustrated by Rocio Arreola Mendoza. At the center main character, Toti, is leaping, with cascarones (confetti filled eggs) in his hands. Confetti flying everywhere while his surrounding family reacts with smiles and laughter.
January 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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It's a ⭐ for my debut picture 📘 CRACK GOES THE CASCARÓN— readers will no doubt be inspired to eat their eggs & save the shells so they, too, can dive into the tradition of cascarón making with their own families—no matter which holidays they celebrate.

www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/crack...
December 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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And it's a starred review for my upcoming picture book biography featuring @cipotato.org scientist Alberto Salas & his quest to find and safeguard potato biodiversity. With inspired art from @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @cgiar.org

www.publishersweekly.com/9781250838612

#PotatoLove #STEAMbook
December 14, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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My heart is full! @marianallanos.bsky.social picked up a an advanced copy of our book Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa at #NCTE24. Mariana is an amazing writer/translator who made the words sing in the Spanish version— a perfect pairing w/ @juanamartinezn.bsky.social's exquisite art.
November 23, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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What a treat to get a photo of my upcoming picture book collaboration with @juanamartinezn.bsky.social ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA spotted in the wild at the #NCTE24 conference!!!

Thanks @monicaacker1.bsky.social for sharing!
November 23, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Over the moon to announce my next book, A TANTA WAWA FOR ABUELO, a book celebrating the Andean traditions of the Day of the Dead. Art by the staggeringly talented Duda Oliver. Looking forward to readers meeting Tortolito and his family as they honor and remember Abuelo.
October 26, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Thrilled to share that my upcoming pb bio ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA lovingly illustrated by #JuanaMartinezNEAL was designated a #JuniorLibraryGuild Gold Standard book for 2025 in English & Spanish.
October 8, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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My sweet young friend Z.— decided to make my photo a coloring page, and I don’t think I’ve ever looked better.
@nadinepresley.bsky.social #YoungArtists #MuseLife
July 16, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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Visiting home often means finding small reminders of childhood dreams. Tucked in a chest the books I wrote as a girl. I knew then, as I know now, I was meant to be a writer. #ChildhoodDreams
Handmade book cover of a tree with paper apples pop-up hand drawn cover of girl watering a plant title of a book written in childlike text The magic seed interior spread of a handmade book
February 23, 2024 at 2:31 AM