Paz: (Spanish Edition)

A 2022 Tejas Star Reading List selection!

Peace is on purpose. Peace is a choice. Peace lets the smallest of us have a voice.

Una selección del 2022 Tejas Star Reading List!

La paz es a propósito. La paz es una elección. La paz permite que los más pequeñitos tengamos una voz.

From a hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it.

Award-winning authors, Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul, have teamed up with illustrator Estelí Meza--winner of the 'A la Orilla del Viento' the premier Picture Book Contest Award in Mexico--to create an inspiring look at things we can all do to bring peace into our lives and world with this Spanish language edition.

"This picture book takes a huge concept like peace and makes it completely approachable for young readers." - Mutually Inclusive Blog

Desde cómo saludar y pronunciar correctamente el nombre de un amigo hasta el dar más de lo que tomamos y decir "lo siento", este sencillo libro conceptual explora definiciones de paz y acciones pequeñas y grandes que la fomentan.

Los galardonados autores Baptiste Paul y Miranda Paul junto con la ilustradora Estelí Meza, ganadora del premio A la Orilla del Viento, el más destacado para un libro infantil en México, han creado un libro inspirador sobre las cosas que todos podemos hacer para traer la paz a nuestras vidas y al mundo.

Author: Baptiste Paul, Miranda Paul
Publisher: Ediciones Nortesur
Published: 10/08/2024
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780735845718
Language: Spanish
Audience: Ages 4-8

About the Author
Baptiste Paul is a children's picture book author. His first book for NorthSouth, The Field, received 3 starred reviews and won the Sonia Lynn Sadler Award, was a Junior Library Guild selection, and also appeared on the Horn Book Fanfare Best of 2018, the School Library Journal Best of 2018, and the CCBC 2018 Choices lists. Baptiste loves sports, likes to roast his own coffee, and grills. He lives in Wisconsin with his family.

Miranda Paul is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for children, including Little Libraries, Big Heroes, illustrated by John Parra. She is a founding member of the organization We Need Diverse Books, and lives with her family in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Estelí Meza grew up surrounded by books, and her love for illustration began when she attended la Feria del Libro Infantil y Juvenil with her father. In 2018, Estelí was awarded A la Orilla del Viento, the premier picture book award in Mexico. Finding Home was her author-illustrator debut in the United States, published by Scholastic. She has also illustrated books published in Mexico, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. Estelí spends her days drawing in her neighborhood in Mexico City and is always happiest with her notebook and pencil, and a chocolate pastry and cafecito. Visit her at estelimeza.com

Aida is an award-winning author, arts activist, and translator. Her critically acclaimed middle grade verse novels, The Moon Within, Land of the Cranes, and A Seed in the Sun, combined have garnered numerous awards including: a Caldecott Honor, the Américas Award, Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award, International Latino Book Awards, Jane Addams Peace Honor, California Library Association Beatty Award, Northern CA Book Award, and an NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor among other distinctions. Her other award-winning works include the bio picture books, Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter and In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of Immigrants of Color. She is the co-anthologist of Calling the Moon: Period Stories by BIPOC Authors. Aida lives with her family of artists in Oakland, CA.
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Aida Salazar es una autora premiada, activista del arte y traductora. Sus novelas en verso The Moon Within, Land of the Cranes y A Seed in the Sun han recibido muchos galardones, entre ellos: Caldecott Honor, Américas Award, Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award, International Latino Book Awards y Jane Addams Peace Honor. Es también autora del álbum ilustrado biográfico Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter y In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of Immigrants of Color. Es co-recopiladora de Calling the Moon: Period Stories by BIPOC Authors. Vive con su familia de artistas en Oaklanda, CA.