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    Mamá's Panza

    Author Isabel Quintero
    Illustrated by Iliana Galvez
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    Penguin Young Readers | Kokila
    8-3/4"W x 10-3/4"H
    On sale Mar 26, 2024 | 32 Pages | 9780593616437
    Preschool - 2
    Reading Level: Lexile AD530L | Fountas & Pinnell P
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    A body-positive picture book about a young boy's love for his mother and his mother's belly.

    Everyone has a panza—it can be big and round, soft and small, or somewhere in between. But a young boy’s favorite panza of all is Mamá’s. Her panza is capable of remarkable things, and she loves it as an important part of herself. Her panza was also his first home. Even before he was born, it cradled and held him.

    When he’s feeling shy and needs a place to hide or when he wants somewhere to rest during a bedtime story, Mamá’s panza is always there. With affirming text by Isabel Quintero and vivid art by Iliana Galvez, Mamá’s Panza is a young boy’s love letter to his mother, along with a celebration of our bodies and our bellies.
    © Charles Lenida
    Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, her first YA novel, was the recipient of multiple awards, including the Morris Award for Debut YA Novel. She is also the author of chapter books and a non-fiction YA graphic biography, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide, which was awarded the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. My Papi Has a Motorcycle earned the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award, the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, and many other recognitions.

    Zeke Peña is a Xicano storyteller and professional doodler from El Paso, TX, the Sun City. His author-illustrator debut, Sundust, is a love poem to desert culture and won a Caldecott Honor. Zeke also received Ezra Jack Keats and Pura Belpré Illustration Honors for My Papi Has a Motorcycle and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for his illustrations in Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. He illustrated the New York Times bestselling Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel. Zeke is currently drawing more books in his tiny studio in NW Arkansas. View titles by Isabel Quintero
    Iliana Galvez View titles by Iliana Galvez
    Praise for Mamá's Panza By Isabel Quintero :

    CSMCL Best Books of 2024

    "A sweet, body-positive celebration of motherhood and its physical expression."
    --- Kirkus Reviews

    "Mamá’s panza is “a drum I like to play”—an action that precedes “my panza’s turn to be a drum,” and a loving game of chase between the two." -- Publishers Weekly


    "This body-positive book celebrates the wonder, love, and strength our bodies allow us to express." --- Booklist

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    A body-positive picture book about a young boy's love for his mother and his mother's belly.

    Everyone has a panza—it can be big and round, soft and small, or somewhere in between. But a young boy’s favorite panza of all is Mamá’s. Her panza is capable of remarkable things, and she loves it as an important part of herself. Her panza was also his first home. Even before he was born, it cradled and held him.

    When he’s feeling shy and needs a place to hide or when he wants somewhere to rest during a bedtime story, Mamá’s panza is always there. With affirming text by Isabel Quintero and vivid art by Iliana Galvez, Mamá’s Panza is a young boy’s love letter to his mother, along with a celebration of our bodies and our bellies.

    Author

    © Charles Lenida
    Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer and the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, her first YA novel, was the recipient of multiple awards, including the Morris Award for Debut YA Novel. She is also the author of chapter books and a non-fiction YA graphic biography, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide, which was awarded the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. My Papi Has a Motorcycle earned the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award, the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, and many other recognitions.

    Zeke Peña is a Xicano storyteller and professional doodler from El Paso, TX, the Sun City. His author-illustrator debut, Sundust, is a love poem to desert culture and won a Caldecott Honor. Zeke also received Ezra Jack Keats and Pura Belpré Illustration Honors for My Papi Has a Motorcycle and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for his illustrations in Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. He illustrated the New York Times bestselling Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel. Zeke is currently drawing more books in his tiny studio in NW Arkansas. View titles by Isabel Quintero
    Iliana Galvez View titles by Iliana Galvez

    Praise

    Praise for Mamá's Panza By Isabel Quintero :

    CSMCL Best Books of 2024

    "A sweet, body-positive celebration of motherhood and its physical expression."
    --- Kirkus Reviews

    "Mamá’s panza is “a drum I like to play”—an action that precedes “my panza’s turn to be a drum,” and a loving game of chase between the two." -- Publishers Weekly


    "This body-positive book celebrates the wonder, love, and strength our bodies allow us to express." --- Booklist

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