Lucia Gonzalez

An award-winning author, storyteller, and children’s librarian, Lucia M. Gonzalez is a dynamic and versatile performer who likes to work with audiences of all sizes and ages.  Her presentations include string stories, puppetry, audience participation, and anecdotes about growing up in Cuba and coming to America. Her classic Cuban folktale, The Bossy Gallito (Scholastic, 1994) was awarded the Pura Belpré Children’s Literature Honor Medal by the American Library Association, and selected for New York Times' Top 20 All Time Favorite Children’s Books by the “Great Children’s Read.” Her second book, Señor Cat’s Romance (Scholastic, 1997), a collection of popular folk tales from Latin America, also received immediate recognition. Her most recent book, The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos (Children’s Book Press, 2008), is an homage to Pura Belpré, New York City’s first Latina librarian. 

Publications

• The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos. (Children’s Book Press, Spring 2008)

• “Picture Books in Spanish: A Best of the Best Backlist.”  Criticas Magazine.  May/June, 2002.

•“Cultural Integration at the Library”.  Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Heritage:  Proceedings from the Trejo Foster Foundation Fourth National Institute.  McFarland & Company Inc., 1999.

• Señor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America. (Scholastic, 1997)

• The Bossy Gallito. (Scholastic, 1994)

•“Juan Bobo and the Buñuelos”. From Sea to Shining Sea: An Anthology of American Folklore. (Scholastic, 1993)

Related Links

Children’s Book Press -Story Teller’s Candle

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The University of South Carolina 's School of Library & Information Science and College of Education's First Annual Celebration of Latino Children's Literature on April 26, 2008