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“Children’s Lit in Cuba, Puerto Rico & Haiti”: Terry Catasús Jennings, Raúl Colón, Lesléa Newman, Elizabeth Baez & M.J. Fievre

Original program date: Sat, Nov. 19, 2022
Original location: Null

Writers and illustrators from Cuba, Puerto-Rico, and Haiti put forth visions for a more expansive future in Caribbean literature for young readers. With Terry Catasús Jennings and Raúl Colón (Cuba) on The Little House of Hope, Lesléa Newman and Elizabeth Baez (Puerto Rico) on Alicia and The Hurricane: A Story of Puerto Rico/Alicia Y El Huracán: Un cuento de Puerto Rico, and M.J. Fievre (Haiti) on The Ocean Lives There.

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