Aida Salazar
Aida Salazar is a children's author. She was short listed for the Américas Award, Charlotte Huck Award, Cybils Award, and Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She won a Malka Penn Award,[1] and Caldecott Honor Book award.[2]
Life
[edit]Salazar was born in Mexico. She grew up in Los Angeles.[3]
She co-founded the writers' group Las Musas.[4][5]
As of 2023, Salazar lives in Oakland, California.[3]
Works
[edit]- The Moon Within, Scholastic, 2019. [6]
- Land of the Cranes. 2020. ISBN 978-1-338-34380-9.
- A Seed in the Sun. Penguin. 2022. ISBN 978-0-593-40662-5.
- Jovita Wore Pants. New York: Scholastic Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1-338-28341-9.. [7]
- Ultraviolet. Scholastic Press. 2024. ISBN 978-1-338-77565-5. [8][9]
- When Moon Blooms. Penguin. 2024-02-27. ISBN 978-0-593-66176-5.
- When Water Flows. New York: Penguin. 2024-10-29. ISBN 978-0-593-88718-9.
- When Sun Rises. Penguin. 2025-06-24. ISBN 979-8-217-05005-5.
References
[edit]- ^ Severance, Jaclyn (2024-07-31). "2024 Malka Penn Award Recognizes I Kick and I Fly and Jovita Wore Pants". UConn Today. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Roback, Diane; Kantor, Emma; Jones |, Iyana. "Eggers, Harrison, King Win 2024 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ a b "Aida Salazar (2023}". UC Davis School of Education. 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ Barco, Mandalit del (2020-09-28). "New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers". NPR. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Aida Salazar". Highlights Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Todaro, Lenora (2019-03-29). "Kids Searching for the Complicated Truth". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter by Aida Salazar". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "'Ultraviolet' follows a young boy going through puberty and first love : NPR's Book of the Day". NPR. 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Vidal, Juan (2024-06-07). "Book Review: 'Ultraviolet,' by Aida Salazar, and 'Mid-Air,' by Alicia D. Williams". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-30.