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Monica Brown
Books by Monica Brown
My Name is Gabito (English)
By Monica Brown
Illustrated by Raul Colon
Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our tim...
My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia
By Monica Brown
Illustrated by Rafael López
This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia “[a]n exuberant pic...