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by Eric Velasquez (Author)
Un oso en el ballet? Increíble! Un oso polar explora la ciudad de Nueva York en este emotivo libro ilustrado del galardonado artista afrolatino Eric Velasquez.
Es una historia de una amistad improbable que celebra el arte y su capacidad de hacer conexiones entre las personas además de iniciar conversaciones sobre la alienación y la empatía. Quiénes están excluidos del teatro? Cómo podríamos darles la bienvenida? El autor Eric Velasquez se ve a sí mismo en esta historia profundamente personal.
Author Biography
Eric Velasquez's awards include the John Steptoe / Coretta Scott King Award for new talent, a Pura Belpré Award, an NAACP ImageAward, and a Carter G. Woodson Award. For Holiday House, he both wrote and illustrated Looking for Bongo, and he illustrated Ol'Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story by Patricia C.McKissack (Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice Award Winner, Georgia Children's Book Award, Bank Street Best Children's Book of theYear--Outstanding Merit) and New Shoes by Susan Lynn Meyer (Jane Addams Peace Association Children's Book Award, Bank StreetBest Children's Book of the Year, New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award). The son of Afro-Puerto Rican parents who encouraged music and storytelling, Eric grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York. As a child, he loved superheroes, comics and drawing, much like the boy in Octopus Stew. He teaches illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and lives in New York
