@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 07/11/2025On the Las Musas Blog, we talked to @marciamickelson.bsky.social about her new book, The Writing Room. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/las-mus... 010
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Happy Book birthday to @marciamickelson.bsky.social The Writing Room is a slice-of-life coming-of-age story that addresses larger themes of immigration, economic disparity, and emotional abuse. 021
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksNathalie Alonso @nathaliealonso.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Book news! Coming spring 2027, ANDY AND THE TRI-CORNERED BASEBALL GAME is my first historical fiction, inspired by a real game that brought the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants together for one game in 1944 as part of a war bond drive. 0299
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksAna Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Get some insights and writing tips. Thanks, Patricia Brown. 0101
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Congratulations to Maritere R. Bellas on her book, Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English. Tío Ricky is in town & needs his nephew Enrique’s help! He doesn’t speak English, so his nephew has to translate for him at the store, the post office, & the bank. It’s a heartwarming story in English & Spanish. 000
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Thank you to Seattle's Child for including Leyendas/Legends in this gorgeous round-up of books to celebrate Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month! #kidlit #middlegradebooks #latinxbooks #nonfictionbooks #mónicamancillas #hispanicheritagemonth @chroniclekidsbooks @chroniclebooks 053
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Thank you to Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors for including Leyendas/Legends in this round-up of books to read during Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month! check out the list at ap-od.org. #kidlit #middlegradebooks #latinxbooks #nonfictionbooks #mónicamancillas #hispanicheritagemonth 133
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksAna Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Share your favorite #Halloween and spooky books. I want more Mine is www.amazon.com/-/es/Your-Ba...amazon.comIf Your Babysitter Is a BrujaIf Your Babysitter Is a Bruja [Siqueira, Ana, Freitas, Irena] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. If Your Babysitter Is a Bruja 052
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Happy birthday to the Spanish translation of Taco Tuesdays! #martesdetacos #tacotuesdays #mónicamancillas #middlegradebooks #romcom #romcombook #dualpov #spanishbooks #spanishbooksforkids #scholastic @scholastic 133
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksNathalie Alonso @nathaliealonso.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Today is #ClementeDay. I wrote a children's book about #RobertoClemente. CALL ME ROBERTO! is not just about baseball feats or a tragic death. It's about a man whose defiance of bigotry has given me permission to be myself in a world that would rather I be someone else. And I'm so grateful. 072
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Today we celebrate the book birthday of Leslie Adame's Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic. We sat down with Musa Leslie to learn more about this book. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/las-mus... 010
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Happy book birthday to @leslieadame.bsky.social for her debut, Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic. A new Latinx middle grade fantasy where a secret magical academy, an evil sorcerer, & a powerful, coveted gem awaits one girl in her quest to reunite her family. Perfect for fans of Claribel A. Ortega! 012
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Happy Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month! To kick things off, I'm sharing some of my book titles, but please know that there are many, many amazing books out there by Latine creators. Be sure to check out the last slide for recs on where to find more! #hispanicheritagemonth #latinxbooks #kidlit 085
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Today we celebrate the release of BOLD, BRILLIANT, AND LATINE written by Musa Alyssa Reynoso-Morris @areynosomorris.bsky.social and illustrated by Sol Cotti. We checked in with Alyssa to learn more about the book. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/las-mus... 010
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Today on the Las Musas blog, we are delighted to talk to Lulu Delacre @luludelacre.bsky.social and hear all about the newest addition to her Rafi and Rosi book series! Let's dive in. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/rafi-an... 011
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025When We Find Her is a stunning new book by author M. García Peña, and today, we have the honor of chatting with her about this project! Check out Las Musas blog! www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/when-we... 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Happy Book Birthday to @karlavalenti.bsky.social Read about beloved Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal (Fantastic Four, The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) in the latest installment of Hispanic Star’s series of engaging, illustrated biographies for young readers published in English and Spanish. 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Happy Book Birthday to @luludelacre.bsky.social Rafi y Rosi ¡Menú! Is out now! Rafi and Rosi, the curious, fun-loving tree frog siblings, are cooking up a storm with delicious Puerto Rican treats on the menu. 020
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Happy Book Birthday to M. García Peña. When We Find Her is a moving portrait of the absence lost loved ones leave in our lives—and the food traditions that keep their memories from fading. Lila and her Abuelo Carlos miss Abuela Ana. So Lila devises a plan to hold onto every detail she can remember. 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Happy Book Birthday to @areynosomorris.bsky.social. Bold, Brilliant and Latine is the next book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series See Yourself in Their Stories. Young Latine and Hispanic children can see themselves reflected in 52 amazing heroes from the past and present. 000
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksNathalie Alonso @nathaliealonso.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Thrilled to officially unveil John Parra's absolutely stunning covers for ¡VIVA VALENZUELA!, our upcoming picture book biography of Mexican pitching legend Fernando Valenzuela, hitting shelves March 24, 2026 and available now for preorder wherever books are sold. (In English and Spanish!!!) 193
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksVanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 18/08/2025So excited to be part of the 2025 @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social! 🎉 Free + virtual sessions 📚 Shorter, classroom-ready content 🗓️ Launching Sept. 1—just in time for Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month prep! See the schedule: latinxkidlitbookfestival.org/2025-festival #LatinxKidLit #LKBF25 021
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 25/08/2025The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival is back with another amazing line up! Tune in on September 1st for a special story time with me and @safajarwrites.bsky.social as we read from our books ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA and LEYENDAS/LEGENDS: 60 LATINE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD. #booksky 056
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The first trade review for LEYENDAS/LEGENDS: 60 LATINE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD is in from Kirkus! #legends #leyendas #mónicamancillas #bookreviews #kirkusreviews #kidlit #middlegradebooks #latinxbooks @chroniclekidsbooks @chroniclebooks 021
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksAna Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Preorder Vera La Valiente is Scared, coming August 12th, and get one of the 25 prizes: critiques, author’s virtual visit, signed copies. Just send your receipt to my contact form at anafiction.com- check details on image. Repost if you can. 0104
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksAna Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Thanks for spotlighting Vera, who shows us all a different meaning for the word BRAVE. 062
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025We are excited to celebrate Terry Catasús Jennings and the release of her Cami Campos book series. We sat down with Terry to learn more about this series on the Las Musas Blog. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/las-mus... 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Congratulations to Terry Catasús Jennings on the release of her Cami Campos book series. Grumpy Cami Campos is always getting in a mess-mostly of her own making. How she gets herself out of these messes, real and imagined, is the source of hilarity. 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Happy Book Birthday to Gabriela Orozco Belt for her book, Day of the Dead ABC / Día de Muertos ABC A Bilingual Alphabet Book to Celebrate This Magical Holiday Embark on a vibrant journey to celebrate Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead, the cherished Mexican holiday honoring departed loved ones. 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Congratulations to illustrator and Musa Elizabeth Lilly for the release of Sammy and Sunny’s First Day of School. An adorable and reassuring book for kids who are starting school for the first time, and a funny look at the similarities and differences between kindergarten and doggie daycare 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2025We are delighted to welcome Hilda Eunice Burgo to the Las Musas Blog as she celebrates her newest book, Bodega Cats: Pawsome Pals. @hildaeburgos.bsky.social www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/bodega-... 011
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksHilda Eunice Burgos @hildaeburgos.bsky.social · 23/07/2025The last book in the Bodega Cats series was published today! Special thanks to Siara Faison, who beautifully illustrated the three books in the series, to the team at Henry Holt/MacKids Books, and to all the wonderful readers! 021
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Happy Book Birthday to Musa Hilda Eunice Burgos and her book, Bodega Cats: Pawsome Pals. @hildaeburgos.bsky.social In the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny illustrated story about an injured boy and his newly-adopted three-legged cat. 030
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Delighted to learn that SING IT LIKE CELIA was included on the 2025 California Department of Education Recommended Literature List alongside some of my favorite #kidlit creators! 052
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 19/07/2025If you missed the live webinar, you can still watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFgL... #bookthreads 042
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Join us in wishing Lissette Norman a very happy book birthday! The Girl Who Sings to Bees is a heartwarming story about overcoming bullying and self-doubt and finding strength in a mother's everlasting love. 000
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025It's giveaway time!! Head over to #Goodreads between July 1st and August 1 to enter to win one of 50 copies of LEYENDAS/LEGENDS: 60 Latine People Who Changed the World. #giveaway #goodreadsgiveaway #kidlit #latinxbooks #mónicamancillas #middlegradebooks @chroniclebooks @chroniclekidsbooks 032
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMariana Llanos ⭐️Visits Schools!⭐️ @marianallanos.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I loved translating these amazing books and more (in comments). If you want your books translated into Spanish, recommend me with your editor 🥰✨. #booksky #translator #kidlit 141
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Happy Book Birthday to Lourdes Heuer & her book, The Lucky Day. When Elena finds a secret map in her textbook, she’ll need all her friends to help her find the treasure of Seashell Key. Filled with a vibrant cast and lots of spring fun, this is a great addition to an exciting chapter book series. 000
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksLourdes Heuer @lourdesheuer.com · 17/06/2025June 24th is THE LUCKY DAY! The third book in our SEASHELL KEY chapter book series is now just one week away!! www.abramsbooks.com/product/luck... 031
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Yay! Love seeing TACO TUESDAYS on this fabulous list of Middle Grade beach reads! #booksky 053
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMónica Mancillas Author @monicamancillas.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Yay!! SING IT LIKE CELIA has been nominated for a Rhode Island Latino Books Award! So unbelievably proud to see my book alongside so many beautiful books by cherished friends. Thank you to the @rhodeislandlibraryassociation for continuing to promote Latine books. #booksky 084
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksAna Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Hermana Pegajosa ( also in English- Sticky Hermana) is a Junior Library Guild selection. A book about a sticky, but also sweet hermana. Based on my experiences as the big sister. Coming in October. By me and Olivia de Castro @Charlesbridge Publishing #teachers #booktok #librarians #sel #books 3166
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksAna Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Check video and presentation on expressive language and Similes- using #picturebooks as mentor texts. website:anafiction.com-#YouTube: AnaTeacherWriter #writingcommunity #kidlit #teachers #librarians @edusky.bsky.social 0156
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Early Bird Discount for Latinx Storytellers Conference Ends on May 31st! The Latinx Storytellers Conference is the largest, in-person gathering of Latinx writers & illustrators, literary agents, editors & publishing professionals & will be held at Scholastic's Headquarters in NYC on September 12-13. 100
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksMarcia Argueta Mickelson @marciamickelson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I love the cover of my new book, The Writing Room. It is available to preorder and is due out November 4. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... 012
Reposted by @lasmusasbooksJackie Morera (she/her) @jmorerabooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Such kind words from the amazingly talented @ajirving.bsky.social whose book THE BI BOOK is out today!! 122
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Join us in congratulating Sandra Proudman for the birthday of her book Salvación. We sat down with Sandra to learn more about her beautiful book! www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/salvaci... 000
@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Happy Book Birthday to Sandra Proudman & her book, Salvación. In this Latinx YA inspired by El Zorro, Lola de La Peña becomes the masked heroine in order to save her family & town from a man who would destroy it for the magic it contains...if she doesn't fall in love with a boy in his company first. 000
