Aida Salazar

About The Author

Aida Salazar is an award-winning author, arts activist, and translator. Her critically acclaimed middle grade verse novels, THE MOON WITHIN, LAND OF THE CRANES, and A SEED IN THE SUN, combined have garnered numerous awards including: a Caldecott Honor, the Américas Award, Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award, International Latino Book Awards, Jane Addams Peace Honor, California Library Association Beatty Award, Northern CA Book Award, and an NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor among other distinctions. Her other award-winning works include the bio picture books, JOVITA WORE PANTS: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter and IN THE SPIRIT OF A DREAM: 13 Stories of Immigrants of Color. She is the co-anthologist of CALLING THE MOON: Period Stories by BIPOC Authors. Aida lives with her family of artists in Oakland, CA.

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Aida Salazar es una autora premiada, activista del arte y traductora. Sus novelas en verso The Moon Within, Land of the Cranes y A Seed in the Sun han recibido muchos galardones, entre ellos: Caldecott Honor, Américas Award, Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award, International Latino Book Awards y Jane Addams Peace Honor. Es también autora del álbum ilustrado biográfico Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter y In the Spirit of a Dream: 13 Stories of Immigrants of Color. Es co-recopiladora de Calling the Moon: Period Stories by BIPOC Authors. Vive con su familia de artistas en Oaklanda, CA.

Books by Aida Salazar

Paz

(Spanish Edition)

Illustrated by Estelí Meza / Translated by Aida Salazar
A 2022 Tejas Star Reading List selection!

Peace is on purpose. Peace is a choice. Peace lets the smallest of us have a voice.

¡Una selección del 2022 Tejas Star Reading List!

La paz es a propósito. La paz es una elección. La paz permite...

Trade Paperback

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    Paz

    (Spanish Edition)

    Illustrated by Estelí Meza / Translated by Aida Salazar
    A 2022-23 Tejas Star Reading List selection!

    Peace is on purpose. Peace is a choice. Peace lets the smallest of us have a voice.

    Hardcover

    LIST PRICE $19.95

    PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER
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