The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Podcast

Feb 03 2025 128 ep. 56 mins 10
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The Latinx KidLit Book Festival is a virtual celebration of Latinx KidLit authors, illustrators, and books for all readers and educators. Everyone is welcome! Now you can take the panel discussions with you anywhere with the LKBF Podcast!

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#LKBF24: Craft: Exploring Tough Subjects

Feb 03 2025 50 mins  
Join authors Francisco Stork (One Last Chance to Live) and Monica Mancillas (Sing it Like Celia) for a craft workshop as they discuss how to empower and give agency to readers while exploring tough topics in literature. Bring your notebook or laptop and come ready to write!

#LKBF24: Storytime: Laugh Out Loud!

Jan 27 2025 57 mins  
Get ready to Jaja and Haha during this read aloud filled with humor and joy! Join Justin Colón (Impossible Possums), Joaquin Camp (Aldo: Ghost Dog), Nathalie Alonso (Old Clothes For Dinner?!), and Carlos Matias (Emergency Quarters) for an interactive reading session that’ll have you grinning throughout!

#LKBF24: Guess that Book, The Emoji Game

Jan 20 2025 58 mins  
Think you know your books? Accept our brain-teasing emoji challenge alongside Laura Taylor Namey (With Love, Echo Park), Elle Gonzalez Rose (10 Things I Hate About Prom), Julian Randall (The Chainbreakers), and Angela Montoya (A Cruel Thirst) and see if you can guess the titles of classic and popular books, based only on a handful of emojis as clues!

#LKBF24: Gods and Monsters

Jan 17 2025 58 mins  
Myths, legends and monsters, OH MY! Books about mysterious beings and powerful rulers have grabbed the reader's attention since the beginning of time. Join our modern-day storytellers for a discussion of their favorite fantastical literary creatures and characters. Featuring Kaela Rivera (Cece Rios and the Queen of Brujas), Jorge Aguirre (Monster Locker), Brigid Martin (Totally Pop

#LKBF24: Storytime: ¡Vamos a leer!

Jan 13 2025 58 mins  
Join these award-winning and debut picture book authors for an interactive read aloud in both English and Spanish for bilingual story time! Grab a pillow and a blanket and snuggle in! Featuring: Angie Cruz (Angélica and la Güira /Angélica y la güira), René Colato Laínez (Let's Play in the Park / Juguemos en el Parque), Lourdes Heuer (Teeny Tiendas: The Flower Shop / La Florer

#LKBF24: 10 Years of Gabi, A Girl in Pieces

Jan 10 2025 59 mins  
In this groundbreaking William C. Morris Award winner, Gabi’s life is a mess—her family, her friends, her attempts at a love life—but writing helps, especially since it turns out she’s pretty good at poetry. Ten years later, this coming-of-age story with a hilarious Latina protagonist continues to resonate with young people, even while facing continual intellectual freedom

#LKBF24: Storytime: Multigenerational Stories

Jan 03 2025 54 mins  
Join these award-winning and debut picture book authors for an interactive read aloud celebrating multigenerational connections! Grab a pillow and a blanket and snuggle in! Featuring Arlene Abundis (Into the Mighty Sea), Mariana Ríos Ramírez (Abuelita's Gift: A Día de Muertos Story), Nydia Armendia-Sánchez (Not Far From Here), and Gabriella Aldeman (Squawk of Spanish).

#LKBF24: Craft - Creating multi-dimensional characters

Dec 30 2024 52 mins  
Join authors Jennifer Torres (Vega’s Piece of the Sky) and Alexandra Alessandri (Grow Up, Lucky Zapata) for a craft workshop as they discuss how writers use character mapping to create multi-dimensional main and secondary characters that leap off the page. Bring your notebook or laptop and come ready to write!

#LKBF24: Champions of Literature

Dec 23 2024 58 mins  
Join National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina and writer and actress Sonia Manzano as they discuss their careers as champions of literature; from Meg's 2 years as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature to Sonia's journey on Sesame Street and Alma's Way. This event is moderated by Dr. Tracey T. Flores (National Council of Teachers of English, Latin

#LKBF24: Remixes & Retellings

Dec 16 2024 84 mins  
How can modern retellings and remixes help classrooms explore classic stories and tales from new points-of-view and breathe life into classroom curriculums? Join Gabe Cole Novoa (Most Ardently), Rey Terciero (Doña Quixote Flight of the Witch), Silvia Lopez (Uno Más, One More: A Latino Retelling of an Old Scottish Ballad), and Sandra Proudman (Relit Anthology) as they talk about t