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Rafael López

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Born: August 07 2022

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Rafael López has received three Pura Belpré Award medals from the American Library Association for Dancing Hands, Drum Dream Girl and Book Fiesta! The illustrations created by López bring diverse characters to children’s books and he works to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people.

His 2018 picture book release, The Day You Begin written by Jacqueline Woodson was a New York Times #1 Children’s Picture Books Bestseller and the recipient of the 2019 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor focuses on differently abled kids working together to create a garden. The book is a #1 New York Times Children’s Picture Books Bestseller and won the American Library Association's 2020 Schneider Family Book Award.

His illustrations for Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics was honored with the Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators New York Original Art Exhibition. The book Maybe Something Beautiful based on his own work reclaiming neighborhoods with community murals secured the Tomás Rivera Book Award. Additional children's books have received three Pura Belpré honors and two Américas Book Awards for illustration.

He created a series of 54 portraits for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. In 2012 he was asked by the Library of Congress to create the National Book Festival Poster featuring best-selling authors, poets and illustrators on the National Mall in Washington D.C. He has created thirteen stamps for the United States Postal Service.

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Books from Rafael López

The Day You Begin

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

The Year We Learned to Fly

Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros (Bilingual Spanish-English)

Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual Spanish-English

We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands

My Name Is Celia: The Life Of Celia Cruz / Me Llamo Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz

I'll Meet You in Your Dreams

American Anthem: A Song of Our Nation

Obra poética

Fevre Dream #6

Gravel: Combat Magician #0 (Gravel Combat Magician)

Our California

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Winner) (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition)

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Winner)

Quizás algo hermoso (Maybe Something Beautiful Spanish edition): How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

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Books from Rafael López

The Day You Begin

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

The Year We Learned to Fly

Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros (Bilingual Spanish-English)

Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual Spanish-English

We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands

My Name Is Celia: The Life Of Celia Cruz / Me Llamo Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz

I'll Meet You in Your Dreams

American Anthem: A Song of Our Nation

Obra poética

Fevre Dream #6

Gravel: Combat Magician #0 (Gravel Combat Magician)

Our California

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children&apos;s and Young Adult Literature. Winner) (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition)

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children&apos;s and Young Adult Literature. Winner)

Quizás algo hermoso (Maybe Something Beautiful Spanish edition): How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Winner) (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition)

My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia (Bilingual): The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Winner)