Rosemary Valero-O'Connell

Rosemary Valero-O’Connell has done work for DC Comics, BOOM! Studios, CAPY games, and Mondo Tees among others, and her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators NY, and shown in galleries both locally and internationally.

Young girl with a head scarf

The following books were recognized by a variety of book/media awards in 2020, including the Caldecott Medal, the Pura Belpré Award, the Walter Award, the Coretta Scott King Book Award, the S

Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories

Meet Pura Belpré in these books by and about her!  Belpré was the first Puerto Rican librarian to be hired by the New York Public Library system and welcomed many generations of children to her beloved storytimes.

Drawing of girl in a flower field and a white bird flies above her.
By: R.J. Palacio

In R. J. Palacio's bestselling collection of stories Auggie & Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian's grandmother, Grandmère.

A drawing of an acrobat balancing on two chairs with tanks and planes behind her.
By: Rachel Dewoskin

Warsaw, Poland. The year is 1940 and Lillia is fifteen when her mother, Alenka, disappears and her father flees with Lillia and her younger sister, Naomi, to Shanghai, one of the few places that will welcome them.

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