(Spanish) Matt de la Pena es el autor de eltima parada de la calle Market, que gan la Medalla Newbery por la edici n en ingles. Es tambien el autor de Los deseos de Carmela; A Nation's Hope- The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, y de seis aclamadas novelas para j venes adultos. Matt ensena Escritura Creativa y visita colegios y universidades por todo el pais para hablar con los estudiantes. Matt vive en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Loren Long es el autor e ilustrador de la serie Otis, de gran exito en ventas segon el New York Times. Es tambien el ilustrador de Of Thee I Sing de Barack Obama, que fue nomero uno en ventas segon las listas del New York Times, y del clasico The Little Engine That Could, de Watty Piper, reilustrado con su arte. Vive cerca de Cincinnati con su esposa, dos hijos y dos bracos de Weimar. (English) Matt de la Pena is the author of Last Stop on Market Street, which won the Newbery Medal for the English edition. He is also the author of Carmela's wishes; A Nation's Hope- The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, and six acclaimed novels for young adults. Matt teaches Creative Writing and visits colleges and universities across the country to speak with students. Matt lives in Brooklyn, New York. Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the Otis series, highly successful in sales according to the New York Times. He is also the illustrator of Barack Obama's Of Thee I Sing, which was number one in sales according to the New York Times lists, and the classic The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper, reillustrated with his art. He lives near Cincinnati with his wife, two sons and two Weimar cops.
Praise for Amor: A 2019 Bank Street Best Children's Picture Book of the Year in Spanish Praise for Love: #1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Indie Bestseller A Winter 2017-2018 Kids' Indie Next Top Pick Five Starred Reviews An Amazon Best of the Year Pick 2018 - Ages 3-5 A Time Magazine Best Children's Book of 2018 An NPR Best Book of 2018 Accompanied by Loren Long's charming illustrations, this book, also available in Spanish, celebrates how love exists in the ordinary and why we should treasure moments, big and small, with the people in our lives. -Time Magazine [A] poetic reckoning of the importance of love in a child's life . . . eloquent and moving. -People Magazine Everything that can be called love - from shared joy to comfort in the darkness - is gathered in the pages of this reassuring, refreshingly honest picture book. -The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review Lyrical and sensitive, 'Love' is the sort of book likely to leave readers of all ages a little tremulous, and brimming with feeling. -The Wall Street Journal De la Pena's prose poem speaks right to young children. . . . People often talk to children about love; in these pages, they can see and feel what it's like. And there's plenty for everybody. -Publishers Weekly, starred review This book looks into the darkness and still finds stars twinkling overhead. -The New York Times Book Review From the moment prose and art appear in the opening spread, de la Pena and Long usher readers into a patient, pensive meditation on love. . . . Timely, timeless, and utterly necessary. -Kirkus Reviews, starred review Newbery Award-winning De la Pena offers a lyrical ode to love in this stirring picture book. . . . In De la Pena's lines, love becomes not just an emotion between people but a feeling suffusing the world. -Booklist Long and Matt de la Pena . . . hit the mark with Love . . . a gentle, poetic picture book about love in all circumstances, even the tough ones. -Shelf Awareness This heartfelt and sensitively rendered picture book meditation begs to be shared and discussed with children . . . Spread the love. -School Library Journal, starred review An exquisitely written and illustrated picture book that speaks of how love, even when it's difficult to recognize, can percolate up through the most common of daily circumstances. -The Horn Book, starred review Love - it's an abstract emotion, right? Not even close. These pictures and words describe a zillion ways to think of love . . . For readers, this book is a lifelong challenge to ask: What is love? And how can we create more of it in what we think and do and say? -Justine Kenin, producer, All Things Considered, in NPR's Book Concierge Guide to 2018's Great Reads