Nathalie Alonso
@nathaliealonso.bsky.social
Author of OLD CLOTHES FOR DINNER?!, CALL ME ROBERTO! and TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! • Views my own
Viva Valenzuela! Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles, made a visit to Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano. Celebrate the legacy of Fernando Valenzuela & discover stories of legendary Latin American baseball players who helped shape the game on both sides of the border. @nathaliealonso.bsky.social
Artists & baseball fans alike, take a behind-the-scenes, picture-book-look, at time-lapse illustration from ¡Viva Valenzuela! Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles, by @nathaliealonso.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaXa... Thank you to MFCC for Mexican Latin Background Music for Background Music
¡Viva Valenzuela!: Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles illustration video
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A special book review from La Prensa del Béisbol Latino A publication of the Society for American Baseball Research #SABR Latino baseball committee for our book ¡Viva Valenzuela! Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles. Spring 2026 newsletter here: sabr.org/.../latino-b... @nathaliealonso.bsky.social
¡VIVA VALENZUELA!: FERNANDOMANIA ERUPTS IN LOS ANGELES by @nathaliealonso.bsky.social ; illus. by @johnparraart.bsky.social (Calkins/Astra) www.hbook.com/story/2026-s... #HBSummerReading #PictureBooks #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading
my pal @nathaliealonso.bsky.social had a book come out a few weeks ago about Valenzuela! Get it for the young (and not so young) person in your life www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799380...
¡Viva Valenzuela! by Nathalie Alonso: 9781662680274 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Meet LA Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the rookie who became a symbol of Mexican American pride and a hero to Latinos everywhere. Celebrate Latino sports history in this inspiring, stunningly ...
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darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4mo agowho has a book coming out that people can preorder so they have something to look forward to and then be pleasantly surprised when the book just shows up on their doorstep
THRILLED adv. copies of VIVA VALENZUELA officially have arrive! This book celebrates the legendary rise of Fernando Valenzuela & the unforgettable “Fernandomania” that swept through Los Angeles & changed baseball history forever. astrapublishinghouse.com/creator/john... @nathaliealonso.bsky.social
The incredibly talented @nathaliealonso.bsky.social has a new children’s book coming out 3/24 ¡ Viva Valenzuela ! A wonderful way to share the love, impact and importance of baseball with family 💙 and look how beautiful the illustration is from @johnparraart.bsky.social !
Órale! ¡VIVA VALENZUELA! Receives its first STARRED REVIEW from @slj.com! www.slj.com/review/viva-..., @nathaliealonso.bsky.social #astrapublishing
Buenos días from chilly Citi Field, where teams representing the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico will face off today in a celebration of one of the Caribbean's most storied baseball rivalries.
Five years after I sat down to write the first draft of ¡VIVA VALENZUELA!, I got to hold the book! Had a great time signing the first batch of copies with illustrator John Parra. The book releases on March 24, 2026 and is now available for preorder wherever you buy your books!
Juan Soto has won a Silver Slugger in three straight years with three different teams The only other player to win a Silver Slugger in three consecutive years with a different team was Mike Hampton: 1999, Astros 2000, Mets 2001, Rockies h/t @EliasSports
Gonna take a while to process what I just watched.
This is so much fun. Tachycardia-inducing, but fun.
Obligatory "I voted" sticker photo. TWO this time.
#BlueJays fans are chanting “We Don’t Need You” with Shohei Ohtani at the plate in the 9th. What a moment.
If Guerrero, Bichette and Varsho are in the starting lineup it will be the first time in World Series history three sons of former players started for one team h/t @EliasSports
The winner of World Series Game 1 has gone on to win 76 of 120 series (63%) That includes in 24 of 30 Fall Classics in the Wild Card era
Book news! Coming spring 2027, ANDY AND THE TRI-CORNERED BASEBALL GAME is my first historical fiction, inspired by a real game that brought the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants together for one game in 1944 as part of a war bond drive.
Today is #ClementeDay. I wrote a children's book about #RobertoClemente. CALL ME ROBERTO! is not just about baseball feats or a tragic death. It's about a man whose defiance of bigotry has given me permission to be myself in a world that would rather I be someone else. And I'm so grateful.
Thrilled to officially unveil John Parra's absolutely stunning covers for ¡VIVA VALENZUELA!, our upcoming picture book biography of Mexican pitching legend Fernando Valenzuela, hitting shelves March 24, 2026 and available now for preorder wherever books are sold. (In English and Spanish!!!)
I can finally say I have something in common with Shohei Ohtani.
Shohei or Shakespeare? Ohtani authors children's book about pup Decoy
Apparently re-writing the record books was not quite enough for Shohei Ohtani. Now he's writing his own book. The three-time MVP and two-way superstar will soon be able to add published author to his ...
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Hope you'll come say hi at the ALA annual conference this weekend! Here's how you can find me. #ALAAC25
I don't generally have strong feelings about uniforms but I really like these.
Red Sox@redsox.com · last yr.Introducing our Fenway Greens.
Seems like a good day to remember that #PaulRevere was captured before he made it to Concord. I was an adult when I learned this, and I’ll always be bitter about it because teaching myth over fact isn’t harmless; it’s a deliberate way to keep Americans from facing the darker truths of our history.
