A Benefit for Puerto Rico's Libraries with Celia Pérez | Pictures of the Week

by Daryl Grabarek
May 29, 2018 | Filed in News & Features
On Saturday, May 26, at the Café con Libros in Brooklyn, NY, Latinx in Publishing and School Library Journal hosted a fundraiser with author Celia Pérez.
On Saturday, May 26, at the Café con Libros in Brooklyn, NY, Latinx in Publishing, and School Library Journal hosted a fundraiser to benefit libraries in Puerto Rico. The event featured Celia Pérez, the author of the middle grade novel The First Rule of Punk (Viking, 2017), who was interviewed by SLJ's Reviews Manager Shelley Diaz.  

l. to r.: Celia Pérez, author; Joanna Cardenas, editor; and Kat Fajardo, illustrator of The First Rule of Punk (Viking).

     

School Library Journal's Shelley Diaz (l.) interviews Celia Pérez.

Back row, l. to r.: Linda Camacho, Nancy Mercado, Maria Ferrer, Celia Pérez, Joanna Cardenas, Shelly Romero, front row: Shelley Diaz, Kat Fajardo.

 

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