Arte Público Press wants to support families, educators and librarians during the difficult times of the coronavirus pandemic. With that in mind, we are granting permission to teachers and librarians to record and post online for non-commercial storytimes and read-alouds using our children’s books. Please follow these basic requests: Note at the beginning of your recording that you are reading the book with permission from Arte Público Press. Storytimes and read-alouds can be shared on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, school and library sites. Tag @ArtePublico when posting on social media. Send your name, institution, address and email address to appinfo@uh.edu along with the book title you intend to read and where it will be posted. By posting a storytime or read-aloud, you are agreeing to the terms listed above and giving Arte Público permission to post your piece to our website and social media pages. Thanks for all you are …

Dear friends – This is a quick note to update you on Arte Público during these difficult times. Although some staff members are working remotely, our office is currently open. We are practicing social distancing while actively filling orders, sending books out for review, fielding permission requests and working on books to be published next season. Customers can continue to place orders via email (bkorders@uh.edu) and fax (713-743-2847). Please direct questions about orders to our customer service department (800-633-ARTE). For authors, artists and arts administrators receiving this message, please be aware there are resources available to you. As an example, below is a link to the Houston Arts Alliance’s list of COVID-19 resources, which includes information about government assistance and emergency grants: https://ready.haatx.com/covid-19 Also, be sure to check our resources page that includes teaching guides with fun activities children can do at home. This is a rapidly evolving situation and things …

Bilingual Picture Book Blasts Off! HOUSTON, TX, March 3, 2020—Former astronaut José M. Hernández’s bilingual picture book for kids, The Boy Who Touched the Stars / El niño que alcanzó las estrellas, is the winner of The Texas Institute of Letters Best Children’s Picture Book.   The Texas Institute of Letters is a non-profit Honor Society founded in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement. The TIL’s elected membership consists of the state’s most respected writers, including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and MacArthur “Genius” Grants. Each year the organization awards more than $24,000 to recognize outstanding literary works in several categories including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s books and translations. Eligibility for the awards requires that entrants be born in Texas or have lived in Texas for at least two consecutive years. With vibrant illustrations by Steven James Petruccio, this heartwarming book recounts José M. …

Listen to the interview of Arte Público Press Author/translator J. Bret Maney featured on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Many for its website’s “Arte Público Press Authors” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: J. BRET MANEY is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Lehman College, The City University of New York.           About the book, Manhattan Tropics / Trópico en Manhattan: “Walking underground” for the first time in his life, Juan Marcos Villalobos, a freshly arrived migrant to New York City, offers his seat to a woman standing on the subway. Though his English isn’t up to her rude reply, he quickly realizes that good manners in …

Listen to the interview of Arte Público Press Author René Colato Laínez featured on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Colato Laínez for its website’s “Arte Público Press Authors” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: RENÉ COLATO LAÍNEZ is the author of numerous picture books for children, including Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre(Lee & Low Books, 2016), From North to South / Del norte al sur (Children’s Book Press, 2013), René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos (Arte Público Press, 2009) and I Am René, the Boy / Soy René, el niño (Arte Público Press, 2005). He is an elementary school teacher in Los Angeles, California.     …

Arte Público Press Author Marty Glick featured on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Glick for its website’s “Arte Público Press Authors” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author:     Marty Glick is a litigator with the international firm, Arnold & Porter, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property and Patent Law. He worked in Mississippi for the Justice Department in the 1960s and for the California Rural Legal Assistance for eight years. He has been CRLA’s outside counsel for four decades. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.     About the book, The Soledad Children: The Fight to End Discriminatory IQ Tests Ten-year-old Arturo Velázquez …

Odyssey to the North  / Odisea del norte Showing the heartbreak as well as the humor of misunderstandings in a foreign culture, award-winning author Bencastro creates a sensitive and caring portrait of a Hispanic immigrant, Calixto, as he struggles to survive. “Unpretentious and reportorial, Bencastro’s tone is welcomely understated . . . and his message is all the more powerful for it.”—Publishers Weekly “A heartfelt story of political oppression and exile…credible and quite moving.”—Kirkus Reviews“     The Border Patrol Ate My Dust / La Migra me hizo las mandados “These stories reflect the true and first-hand experiences of people who risked it all to cross over to a better life…Alarcón reminds us that when our chain y breaks, we all drown.”—El Paso Times   “This wonderful first-hand description of the immigration experience is recommended for public and academic libraries and bookstores.”—Críticas (starred review)       The Adventures of Don Chipote, or, …