Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas

Name: Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas
ISBN: 9781506488882

by Alexandra Alessandri

Illustrated by Anastasiya Kanavaliuk

Publisher

Beaming Books

Publication

May 21, 2024

Format

Hardback

Illustrated

Yes

Price

17.99

Dimensions

8.75 x 10.25 in

ISBN

9781506488882

Pages

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

Kindness can be shown during even the harshest of storms.

Shutters rattled. Wind howled. As a ferocious hurricane descends upon her town, Lupita finds two baby birds who have fallen out of their nest and brings them inside to shelter them from the storm. While Lupita and her family wait out the tempest, she focuses on protecting the palomitas to alleviate her own fears and hopes she can soon reunite them with their mother.

Perfect for families living in hurricane-prone states or with children who have storm-related anxieties, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas offers a gentle, soothing story about extending a hand of kindness to others even while facing fears of our own. The book includes Spanish-language vocabulary words and a glossary in the back.

Author(s)

Alexandra Alessandri

Alexandra Alessandri is the award-winning author of several books for children, including Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!, Isabel and Her Colores go to School, The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía, Our World Colombia, Lupita’s Hurricane Palomitas, and Grow Up, Luchy Zapata, which is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Her books have gone on to receive numerous distinctions, including the Florida Book Award, International Latino Book Award, Américas Award Commendable Title, and the ILA 2022 Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Award in Primary Fiction. The daughter of Colombian immigrants, she is also an educator and a poet, with some of her work appearing in The Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, Atlanta Review, and Young Adult Review Network. Alexandra lives in Florida with her husband and son.

Illustrator(s)

Anastasiya Kanavaliuk

Anastasiya is a Belarusian illustrator based in Poland. As a little girl, she loved creating handmade things, reading outside, and redrawing characters and scenes from her favorite W.I.T.C.H comics. With her parents' support, her hobby became her career, and now she creates her own characters and illustrates their adventures.

The educational journey was long yet exciting. After years of art classes at school and two years of Art Design at the university in her country, Anastasiya pursued an education in Poland. Now, having earned her MA in Graphic Design, she is focused on advancing her illustration skills and expertise in the publishing industry.