Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/19/18
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Kepler’s Books
Categories
About the Author:
MATT DE LA PEÑA is the #1 New York Times bestselling, Newbery Medal-winning author of five picture books (including Love, Last Stop on Market Street, and Carmela Full of Wishes) as well as six critically acclaimed young adult novels. In 2016, he was awarded the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award. He received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his family. Visit him online at mattdelapena.com.
About the Illustrator:
CHRISTIAN ROBINSON is a 2016 Caldecott Honoree and also received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for his art in Last Stop on Market Street. His picture books include the Gaston and Friends series; Leo: A Ghost Story; School’s First Day of School; The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade; Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker; and many more. Robinson, based in Sacramento, is also an animator and has worked with The Sesame Street Workshop and Pixar Animation Studios. You can visit Christian at theartoffun.com or on Instagram @theartoffun.
About CARMELA FULL OF WISHES:
When Carmela wakes up on her birthday, her wish has already come true–she’s finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands. Together, they travel through their neighborhood, past the crowded bus stop, the fenced-off repair shop, and the panadería, until they arrive at the Laundromat, where Carmela finds a lone dandelion growing in the pavement. But before she can blow its white fluff away, her brother tells her she has to make a wish. If only she can think of just the right wish to make . . .