Evelyn Del Rey is moving away / Meg Medina ; illustrated by Sonia Sánchez.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781536207040
- ISBN: 1536207047
- ISBN: 9781713778424
- ISBN: 1713778424
- Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.4 0.5 Accelerated Reader Quiz #509516. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in electronic format. |
Awards Note: | Américas Award commended title, 2021 |
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Genre: | Picture books for children. Fiction. Juvenile works. Picture books. Fiction. Picture books. |
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | E MEDINA | 39851001644898 | Picture Books – Life Changes and Relationships (Purple) | Copy hold | Available | - |
Meg Medina is the author of the Newbery Medal'winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. She is also the author of award-winning YA novels and the picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book, and TÃa Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Sonia Sánchez is the illustrator of Here I Am, for which she was nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for interior art. She has been selected twice to participate in the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. She lives with her husband, son, and a sleepyhead cat in Barcelona, Spain.
Meg Medina, the 2023ÂÂÂÂâ2024 National Ambassador for Young Peopleâs Literature, is a Cuban American author who writes for readers of all ages. Her middle-grade novel Merci Suárez Changes Gears received a Newbery Medal and was a New York Times Book Review Notable Childrenâs Book of the Year, among many other distinctions. Its sequel, Merci Suárez Canât Dance, received five starred reviews, while Merci Suárez Plays It Cool received four stars, with Kirkus Reviews calling it âa fabulous finale to a memorable trilogy.â Her most recent picture book, Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, received honors including a Charlotte Zolotow Award and was the 2020 Jumpstart Read for the Record selection, reaching 2.24 million readers. She received a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor for her picture book Mango, Abuela, and Me. Her young adult novel Burn Baby Burn earned numerous distinctions, including being long-listed for the National Book Award and short-listed for the Kirkus Prize. Meg Medina received a Pura Belpré Author Award and a Cybils Award for her young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which has been adapted and illustrated as a graphic novel by Mel Valentine Vargas. She also received an Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award for her picture book TÃa Isa Wants a Car. When she is not writing, Meg Medina works on community projects that support girls, Latino youth, and literacy. She lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia.
Sonia Sánchez is the illustrator of Here I Am, for which she was nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for interior art. She has been selected twice to participate in the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. She lives with her husband, son, and a sleepyhead cat in Barcelona, Spain.