Yuyi Morales Has an Immigration Story to Tell, Her Own | SLJ Day of Dialog 2018

by Kathy Ishizuka
May 31, 2018 | Filed in Diversity
Yuyi Morales closed out School Library Journal's Day of Dialog with this keynote address.
Yuyi Morales closed out School Library Journal's Day of Dialog with this keynote address. The award-winning author and illustrator spoke about the making of Dreamers (Neal Porter Books, Holiday House), her upcoming picture book about the immigration experience. A professional storyteller, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, and artist, Morales has won the Pura Belpré Award for Illustration five times, for Just a Minute (2003), Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006), Just in Case (2008), Niño Wrestles the World (2013) and Viva Frida (2014), also a Caldecott Honor Book.  

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