I will be celebrating the release of the Spanish-language edition of PALOMA’S SONG FOR PUERTO RICO: A DIARY FROM 1898 with a special event at Atelier Mone Art Gallery in Mount Vernon, NY on Saturday, July 12 from 4pm-7pm. This event comes just in time to commemorate the 127th anniversary of Puerto Rico becoming a part of the United States. The book tells the story of how Puerto Rico became a US colony in 1898 during the Spanish American War through a 12-year-old girl's fictional diary.

PALOMA'S SONG FOR PUERTO RICO: A DIARY FROM 1898 won the Gold Medal Award for Best Educational Chapter Book at the 2024 International Latino Book Awards. The Spanish edition, LA CANCIÓN DE PALOMA PARA PUERTO RICO: UN DIARIO DE 1898, will release on August 1, 2025 and is currently available for pre-order everywhere books are sold.

Saturday, July 12 from 4pm-7pm

Atelier Mone Art Gallery

47 South 5th Avenue, 2nd Floor

Mount Vernon, NY 10550