2023 Events
7th Annual Social Justice Children’s Book Holiday Fair
Emerson Elementary School
4803 Lawton Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 12noon-3pm
Marin Country Day School
Author Presentation
Corte Madera, CA
Friday, December 8, 2023
Texas Book Festival
Book Reading & Signing
Reading Rockstar School Visits
Downtown Austin, TX
Saturday & Sunday, November 11-12, 2023
Book signings in NYC
Holiday House, Word Up Bookstore and Books of Wonder.
Lovely celebratory dinner with Neal Porter and John Parra.
October 18-20, 2023
Book Passage
Latine Heritage Month Celebration
with fellow authors Aida Salazar and Robert Liu-Trujillo
50 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA
Sunday, October 8, 2023
1:00pm Pacific
Bilingual Storytime
Black Bird Bookstore
4541 Irving Street,
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, October 9, 2023
9:30am Pacific
Appearance with John Parra to share SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY
Monday, October 2, 2023
link to recording of the broadcast
Children’s Fairyland
Book Launch Celebration
Author visit, reading & book signing
Children’s Fairyland
699 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA
Saturday, September 30, 2023
11:30 am Pacific
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival
Bilingual Storytime
Virtual Event
Link to recording of the session
Friday, September 22, 2023
1-2pm Eastern (10-11am Pacific)
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
“Spanish is the Language of My Family” Book Festival with John Parra
Book Celebration, Illustration Demonstration, Musical Performance
2 Massachusetts Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Saturday, July 15, 2023
11am-4pm Eastern
San Rafael Public Library
Author talk and book reading
Downtown branch
1100 E Street (at 5th Avenue)
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 485-3323
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
4-5pm Pacific
Family Read the Rainbow
They’re So Flamboyant
Virtual book reading
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
6 pm Eastern
Click here for more information
Children’s Book Festival
Author Visit and Book Signing
Children’s Fairyland
Oakland, CA
Saturday, June 3, 2023
12:30pm – 1:40pm
Multicultural Children’s Book Day / Picture Book Club
Walking In Other People’s Shoes
Book talk, Craft Ideas, Giveaways
Thursday, June 1, 2023
7pm Eastern (4pm Pacific)
Free, Virtual Event
Behind the Book
In partnership with Arts for All
Author Visits
New York, NY (virtual)
PS 43 – May 16, 2023
PS 43 – May 17, 2023
PS 154 – May 19, 2023
PS 197 – May 23, 2023
University of California at San Diego
Careers In Mind
Psychology & Beyond Alumni Panel
La Jolla, CA (remote webcast)
Monday, May 8, 2023
Healdsburg Elementary School
Author Visit and Storytime with Alex Giardino
Healdsburg, CA
Friday, Feb 10, 2023
Texas Book Festival: Reading Rockstars
Author Visit and Storytime
Magrill Elementary
Houston, TX
Thursday, Feb 9, 2023
Berkeley Public Library
Author Storytime along with Illustrator Loris Lora
Central Library, Children’s (4th) Floor
Saturday, Jan 28, 2023
10:30am Pacific
Cornell Elementary School
Book Fair Author Visit
Albany, CA
Friday, Jan 27, 2023
5-7 pm Pacific
Michael Genhart, PhD 