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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 03/09/2026

¿Quién va para @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social next week? 🧐 I’ll be there on Saturday 9/12. Would love to connect with as many of you as possible! ✨ Let’s grab un cafecito. ¡Dale! ☕️ #lkbfstorytellers2026 #kidlit #lkbflatinxstorytellersconference

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 21/08/2026

Find me!/¡Encuéntrame! It’s my first time at the Library of Congress National Book Festival!! I’ll be at the Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Roadmap to Reading booth signing books tomorrow 8/22 at 12 PM and 3 PM. La bondad brilla en la oscuridad/Kindness Glows in the Dark is a Good Reads 2026 selection. #kidlit

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 24/07/2026

¡Gracias a El Nuevo Día por esta nota sobre la selección de libros que el Centro por el Libro Puerto Rico llevará al Festival Nacional del Libro de la Library of Congress! LA BONDAD BRILLA EN LA OSCURIDAD será presentado como muestra de la literatura infantil puertorriqueña. #literaturainfantil

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 24/07/2026

Wonderful news! 📣 ✨LA BONDAD BRILLA EN LA OSCURIDAD✨ has been selected by the Puerto Rico Center for the Book to represent the island in the Library of Congress National Book Festival as part of their program Great Reads from Great Places. @mrinali.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social #kidlit

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 07/07/2026

So excited to be part of the 2026 @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social! 🎉 Check out all the amazing (and FREE) sessions perfect for Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month! #LatinxKidLit #LKBF26 #kidlit

Poster announcing the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Storytime entitled Choosing Kindness that goes live on September first. A virtual event were Gama Valle and Monica Roja will talk about their work.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 15/05/2026

Thank you to the @ala-booklist.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of KINDNESS GLOWS IN THE DARK 💚🙏🏼 OUT 6/2 - 🎉 - preorder now 😁 (hardcover & paperback) Bilingual edition (EN/SP) -🇵🇷- (paperback) The @barefootbooks.bsky.social team rocks! #kidlit

"A layered story set in Puerto Rico that emphasizes the values of kindness and community."

"The text conveys complicated emotions ... and highlights how kindness can foster love, respect, and belonging.”

"Astacio's vibrant ... illustrations depict Puerto Rico's landscapes with childlike innocence"

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 08/05/2026

Thank you to the @slj.com for this generous review! 💚 We’re so happy that folks are seeing the love and care we poured into this book. 🤗 Kindness Glows in the Dark - OUT 6/2 - hardback & paperback editions Bilingual (EN/SP) available as well @barefootbooks.bsky.social #kidlit

* "A striking book with incredible, unique illustrations
that is a great addition to any collection"
Kindness GloWS in the Dark
words by
GAMA VALLE
art by
MRINALI ÁLVAREZ ASTACIO

"This sweet story is diverse, spotlighting life in a country with its unique fireflylike insect, the
cucubano, as well as native fruits and characters with varied shares of skin color and abilities. The story emphasizes caring for others in one's
community, with a text that is enhanced by helpful same-page pronunciation guides. The
supplementary text at the end provides extra detail about Puerto Rico, which makes Valle's story even more meaningful."

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 24/04/2026

OUT NOW! Take a listen to our Bilingual Book Buddies episode and let us know what you think. 😃  A jarful of thanks to Alicia, Claudia and Silvia for inviting us to talk about our careers and our book. We had a lovely time!  Kindness Glows in the Dark publishes on June 2. Pre-order now!  Link in bio!

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 23/07/2025

DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT - I’m excited to finally be able to share the news with all of you! KINDNESS GLOWS IN THE DARK - Spring 2026 This special story is coming to life with the help of Barefoot Books’ fabulous team and thanks to Mrinali Álvarez Astacio’s artistry. What an immense honor! #kidlit

Deal announcement- Autumn Allen at Barefoot Books has acquired world rights to Kindness Glows in the Dark by Gama Valle (I.), illustrated by Mrinali Álvarez Astacio; Autumn Allen and Bree Reyes will edit. In rural Puerto Rico, Nube and Kamil are friends, but when Nube discovers that Kamil is stealing food from her family's garden and why, they both learn to be better neighbors. Publication is planned for spring
2026; Leah Pierre at Ladderbird Literary Agency represented the author, and Emily Keyes at Keyes Agency represented the illustrator.

Selfie of Mrinali and myself at LEE Encuentro

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 09/04/2025

It’s @broadwayworld.bsky.social official! We’re bringing LUCINE! OR BIRDSHIT: A HUMAN CONCERTO AND VOID to @joespub.bsky.social! I’m excited to be making my Joe’s Pub directorial debut with this insane piece. One night only! April 29 2025 - 7PM #joespub #nyctheatre #concerto #newyork

Broadwayworld announcement:

LUCINE! OR BIRDSHIT:
A HUMAN CONCERTO
WITH STRING &
VOID Makes Joe's Pub
Debut In April
LUCINE! or birdshit: a human concerto with string & void will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.

On Tuesday, April 29 at 7PM, Joe's Pub at The Public Theater will present LUCINE! or birdshit: a human concerto with string & void, an experimental new work by Christian De Gré Cárdenas, a theatrical provocateur whose hybrid operettas and human concertos challenge convention and sanity in equal measure.
Directed by Gama Valle and performed by Bethany Geraghty with cellist Eric Eaton, the piece unfolds as a dark comedic concerto for voice and cello-part theatrical aria, part emotional autopsy.
LUCINE! was awarded Best Play with Music at the 2024 New York City Fringe Festival where it was workshopped in April 2024.
The story moves through memory, regret, satire, and surrender as Lucine transforms into the people who shaped-and shattered-her: her undying mother Luna, her infuriatingly supportive husband Elio, her tender lover Rahuil, her sharp-edged daughter Solana, her overworked attendant Tuba, and the ghost of a Confederate grandmother she never met. Each movement echoes a lunar phase, building a rhythm of renewal and disintegration.
The cello-Lucine's only companion on stage-becomes a proxy for the emotions she cannot voice. All of it unfolds two years and two days before the apocalypse-a countdown as personal as it is planetary.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/01/2025

This is such an honor! (Even when they misgendered me. But I fixed it for y’all!) Thank you to the reviewing committee for selecting my book “Prohibido llorar” as one of the best children’s books published in Spanish in 2024. Congrats to all the authors, illustrators and translators! #kidlit

EL COMITÉ DE LIBROS INFANTILES DE
BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
LOS MEJORES LIBROS
INFANTILES DEL AÑO 2025
PARA LIBROS TRADUCIDOS O PUBLICADOS EN 2024

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COMMITTEE OF
BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
THE BEST CHILDREN'S
BOOKS
OF THE YEAR IN SPANISH
2025 EDITION

Screenshot of a document listing four books with their publishing info. My book PROHIBIDO LLORAR is the last one and it’s framed by a blue line.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/11/2024

4) LEO’S FIRST VOTE! written by Christina Soontornvat and illustrated by Isabel Roxas. Dragonfly Books

Cover art for the picture books LEO’S FIRST VOTE!

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/11/2024

3) NIEBLA escrito por Micaela Chirif e ilustrado por Carmen Cardemil. Editorial Amanuta

Cover art for the picture book in Spanish, NIEBLA (FOG)

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/11/2024

2) MISSING MOMMA written by Winsome Bingham and illustrated Rahele Jomepour Bell. Abrams Books for Young Readers

Cover art for the picture book MISSING MOMMA.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/11/2024

Picture books read on 11.20.24! 1) TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS written by @stephenbriseno.bsky.social and illustrated by Sonia Sánchez. Random House Studio

Cover art for the picture book TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/11/2024

This topic has really jogged my memory! Other books I loved as a kid were Mafalda’s and Tintín’s. #kidlitchat

An illustration of Quino’s famous character MAFALDA

Cover for a Spanish translation of the Adventures of Tintín

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 20/11/2024

Oh, wow, it’s really hard to think that far back, but I do remember these two books left a mark in me when I was a kid. To this day, I treasure them. They lit up my imagination. #kidlitchat

Cover for the Torre de Papel edition of LA TARDE DE LOS ELFOS

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 16/11/2024

I love that @bsky.app gives you options to customize your app appearance! Hope they add more (free 😉) options in the future. Have you explore this section of the app?

screenshot of my Bluesky appearance settings

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 10/11/2024

Some of the books I read or finished reading in October 2024! I really like this @thestorygraph.com feature!

Collage generated by the app Story Graph that shows the covers for some of the books I read in October 2024

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 02/10/2024

Thank you to the Junior Library Guild for mailing my certificate! This is an enormous honor. 🥳 PROHIBIDO LLORAR is a JLG Gold Standard Selection. This wouldn’t have been possible without the endless support of Editorial Destellos & Lorenzo Sangiò’s heartwarming illustrations. #kidlit

Me holding the JLG certificate beside a stack of books places in front of lilac and yellow mums

A stack of books and the JLG certificate standing in front of lilac and yellow mums

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 19/09/2024

Ohhh look at that number! Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #885,948!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #885,948, Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub ‪@gamavalle.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 6, 2023"

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 14/07/2024

Book launch/signing in Puerto Rico! A dream come true. 💚🇵🇷💚

Me signing a copy of my picture book PROHIBIDO LLORAR.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 26/06/2024

It feels surreal to see PROHIBIDO LLORAR on this list sharing space with books by authors and illustrators that I highly admire! . #editorialdestellos #picturebooks #picturebooksinspanish #spanishpicturebooks #puertorico🇵🇷 #literaturainfantil #kidlit #literaturapuertorriqueña #libroalbum

36 Exceptional Titles, Including 7 Spanish Language Books and a Celebration with Raul the Third | Starred Reviews, June 2024

Spanish
CRUZ, Angie. Angélica y la güira. tr. by Kianny N.
Antigua. illus. by Luz Batista. Penguin/Kokila.
DE LA PEÑA, Matt. El lugar perfecto. tr. by Polo Orozco & Ileana Orozco. illus. by Paola Escobar.
Putnam.
GHAREHBAGHI, Masoud. Todos los helados del mundo. Clavis.
LEVI, Taltal. ¡Viva el aguacate! tr. by Achy Obejas.
NorthSouth.
RUSSELL-BROWN, Katheryn. La pequeña Melba y su gran trombón. tr. by Rita Elena Urquijo-Ruiz. illus.
by Frank Morrison. Lee & Low.
TONATIUH, Duncan. La p/incesa
Una leyenda de dos volcanes. tr.
Mendizabal Frers. Abrams.
serrero:
Aer ilia
VALLE, Gama. Prohibido llorar. illus. by Lorenzo
Sangió. Editorial Destellos.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 09/06/2024

“Prohibido llorar” received a starred review from the School Library Journal! Thank you to Melanie Ortega for such a beautiful review. And to my wonderful editors at Editorial Destellos and Lorenzo Sangiò for pouring their hearts into this book. #kidlit . Full review: www.slj.com/review/prohi...

Starred Review - Prohibido Llorar - book cover framed by a pink line - the background is the a detail from one of the spreads in the book

School Library Journal
"Though the tale never reveals the reason the father is moving, the feelings of loss will resonate with all kids who have been separated from loved ones. This can also be used to subtly address toxic masculinity.
Readers will be hard pressed not to cry tears of their own before putting this book down. Quiquito and his father will remind children that it's not only OK to be sad but to also share your feelings with others." - Melanie Ortega

VERDICT:
A tearjerking work that all will cherish as they remember loved ones who live near and far, this would also be an excellent choice for SEL collections.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 09/05/2024

¡Okei! I did it. (Against my best judgment.) I’m attending the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Storytellers Conference here in NYC - Sept. 13-14 Let me know if you’re planning on coming so we can get coffee, a drink or cupcakes! #WritingCommunity

Art announcing that I’m attending the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Storytellers Conference

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 26/03/2024

Official Book Cover Reveal! I want to thank Editorial Destellos and Lorenzo Sangiò for all the love they poured into the making of this book! “Prohibido llorar” is a very special book for me. Hope that you enjoy reading it! And that it tugs at your heartstrings. Out on 05.24.24! 💚✈️ #kidlit

Picture of myself holding a copy of my picture book Prohibido llorar. Part of my body is framed by a pink rectangle enclosed by a yellow border. The background is a detail of an illustration of a number of passengers in transit.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 15/03/2024

PBs I read in the past few weeks: -MARA HEARS IN STYLE, text: Terri Clemmons, illos: Lucy Rogers -ELIJAH’S EASTER SUIT, text: Brenton Jackson, illos: Emmanuel Boateng -ONCE UPON A STORYTIME, text: Gareth Peter, illos: Natelle Quek -JAM, TOO?, text: JaNay Brown-Wood, illos: Jacqueline Alcántara

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 15/03/2024

Picture books I’ve read in the last few weeks: -THE DRAMA LLAMA, text: Rachael Morrisroe / illos: Ella Okstad -LIKE SO, text: Ruth Forman / illos: Raissa Figueroa -THE GOBLIN TWINS, text: Frances Cha / illos: Jaime Kim -SEEDS OF CHANGE, text: Nina Laden / illos: Sawyer Cloud #kidlit

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 14/03/2024

My book PROHIBIDO LLORAR (picture book in Spanish) comes out on May! Pub date: 2024-05-22 Text by: Gama Valle Illustrations by: Lorenzo Sangiò Publisher: Editorial Destellos (Puerto Rico, distribution in the USA by IPG) ISBN: 1958479195 More info: linktr.ee/gamavalle

Cover of PROHIBIDO LLORAR floating over an airport spread detail. The JLG Gold Standard seal is on the down left corner of the book cover

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 18/02/2024

Picture books I read on 2.17.24: HOMEGROWN by DeAnn Wiley BE MY VALENSLIME by Kris Tarantino & Cori Doerrfeld SMALL-GIRL TONI AND THE QUEST FOR GOLD by Giselle Anatol & Raissa Figueroa MNOOMIN MAAN’GOWING by Brittany Lubby & Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley #kidlit

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 10/02/2024

A casting project kept me busy these past couple of weeks, but I managed to read these picture books: PIECITOS DE BEBÉ by @mrinali.bsky.social THE MEMORY QUILT by @lorikeating.bsky.social & Alyssa Grizenko THE BRONX IS MY HOME by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris and Kim Holt THE TRAIN HOME by Dan-ah Kim

Covers of the books listed in the original post

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 10/02/2024

I still can’t believe it! 💚 My book “Prohibido llorar” (a picture book in Spanish) is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. This is such an honor!! Many thanks to Editorial Destellos and illustrator Lorenzo Sangiò. . “Prohibido llorar” - out 5.24.24 . #kidlit

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 30/01/2024

Great update! Thank you. My lists aren’t showing up on my “My Feeds” pop up yet though. I see where they should be, but can’t scroll past the “My Lists” heading

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 21/01/2024

Sign the #KidLit4Ceasefire letter to Biden by Jan. 28th! 1 million Palestinian children direly need a permanent #ceasefireNOW & humanitarian aid, which are being withheld with support of @POTUS & Congress! RAISE YOUR VOICE & RT! Every minute counts. bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...

Square IG post. Main text line reads: I’ve just signed the Kildlit 4 ceasefire letter to Biden.

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 21/01/2024

Picture Books read in the last couple of days: MANOLO & THE UNICORN by Jackie Azúa Kramer, Jonah Kramer, illos. by Zach Manbeck TAR BEACH by Faith Ringgold NAMASTE IS A GREETING by Suma Subramaniam, illos. by Sandhya Prabhat LOVE, LAH LAH by Nailah Blackman, illos. by Jade Orlando

A four squares grid containing the covers of the books listed above

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 14/01/2024

Picture books I read on 1.14.24: MR. S by Monica Arnaldo THAT FLAG by Tameka Fryer Brown, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith RAINBOW SHOPPING by Qing Zhuang TO THE OTHER SIDE by Erika Meza

Covers of the picture books listed above

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 13/01/2024

Picture books I read on 1.11.24: BREAKING TO THE BEAT by Linda J. Acevedo, illustrated by Frank Morrison ROLL, ROLL, LITTLE PEA by Cécil Bergame, illustrated by Magali Attiogbé THE GOOD HAIR DAY by Christian Trimmer, illustrated J Yang JUST LIKE GRANDMA by Kim Rogers, illustrated by Julie Flett

Covers of the picture books listed in the original post

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 10/01/2024

Thank you Queens Public Library! (Rego Park) First library haul of 2024.

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