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by Mitzi Fernandez Spitzer (Author), Julia Sarapata de Carvalho (Illustrator)
WINNER International Latino Book Awards Best Children's Fiction Picture Book - Bilingual Gold Medal 2024
"A nostalgic and uplifting story of one family's experience in two cultures." KIRKUS REVIEWS
Author Biography
Mitzi Fernandez Spitzer is a first generation Cuban American whose book was inspired by her deep love for her family and the customs and traditions she grew up with. Her greatest joy and role in this life is being a mother to her five beautiful children. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and family where she spends her work week as an elementary librarian.
Julia Sarpata de Carvalho is a children's book illustrator and designer from Warsaw, Poland. She is inspired by nature, animals, light, shadows, and magic, which she wants to bring in every one of her illustrations. She is also a mom and happy wife, married to a Brazilian architect and CGI artist, trying to manage the balance between her loving family and work. She wishes to tell stories filled with mysteries, magic, and miracles, which can only happen with the help of our imagination. She wants to fill all the pages of the books she is working on with details and little surprises for readers to find.
