Book Presentation by Amada Irma Perez

Please join us for a special book reading and presentation by award winning author Amada Irma Perez. Her books, published by Children’s Book Press, My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito (2000), My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá (2002) and Nana’s Big Surprise/Nana ¡Que sorpresa! (2007) have been honored with many awards in children’s literature including the American Library Association’s Pura Belpré Honor Award, Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award and the International Latino Book Award.

In 2010 Perez was commissioned to write a pre-K book, Desert Quails Hit Jungle Trails, for Pearson Education. In order to help students write better narratives, she published My Handy Writing Book: A New, Fun & Easy Way to Write Stories (2011). Perez’s stories are beloved for their humorous details and universal themes of family support, love and friendship. Visit her website at www.amadairmaperez.com.

Register by June 14, 2012