Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub
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él/he | Author ✍🏼 Casting Director 🗂️ Theatre Director 🎭 | 🇵🇷🏳️🌈 | Rep’d by Leah Pierre of Ladderbird Literary Agency KINDNESS GROWS IN THE DARK-Barefoot Books-Spring 2026 gamavalle.com | https://tr.ee/xnyTkFHJQH
¡Gracias a El Nuevo Día por esta nota sobre la selección de libros que el Centro por el Libro Puerto Rico llevará al Festival Nacional del Libro de la Library of Congress! LA BONDAD BRILLA EN LA OSCURIDAD será presentado como muestra de la literatura infantil puertorriqueña. #literaturainfantil
Wonderful news! 📣 ✨LA BONDAD BRILLA EN LA OSCURIDAD✨ has been selected by the Puerto Rico Center for the Book to represent the island in the Library of Congress National Book Festival as part of their program Great Reads from Great Places. @mrinali.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social #kidlit
#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway
So excited to be part of the 2026 @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social! 🎉 Check out all the amazing (and FREE) sessions perfect for Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month! #LatinxKidLit #LKBF26 #kidlit
Today we honor the day in 1865 when news of the emancipation of African Americans finally reached Texas. The celebration of Juneteenth emphasizes the importance of continued advocacy and unwavering solidarity in the ongoing fight for racial justice and human rights in the Labor Movement.
Thank you to the @ala-booklist.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of KINDNESS GLOWS IN THE DARK 💚🙏🏼 OUT 6/2 - 🎉 - preorder now 😁 (hardcover & paperback) Bilingual edition (EN/SP) -🇵🇷- (paperback) The @barefootbooks.bsky.social team rocks! #kidlit
Thank you to the @slj.com for this generous review! 💚 We’re so happy that folks are seeing the love and care we poured into this book. 🤗 Kindness Glows in the Dark - OUT 6/2 - hardback & paperback editions Bilingual (EN/SP) available as well @barefootbooks.bsky.social #kidlit
La MaMa resident artist Scout Davis has a multi-generational check-in with Lypsinka, a.k.a. John Epperson, an icon and master of long-form lip-sync: an art form that can go deep by channeling widely.
That Lip-Syncing Feeling: A Conversation With an Icon
A La MaMa resident artist has a multi-generational check-in with Lypsinka, a.k.a. John Epperson, on an art form that can go deep by channeling widely.
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. @slj.com has given "Kindness Glows in the Dark" by @gamavalle.com and illustrated by Mrinali Alvarez Astacio (my client) a starred review! "A striking book with incredible, unique illustrations that is a great addition to any collection"! ⭐ bookshop.org/p/books/kind...
Hear author @gamavalle.com and illustrator Mrinali Álvarez Astacio talk about their new picture book 'La bondad brilla en la oscuridad / Kindness Glows in the Dark' on the Bilingual Book Buddies podcast! 📚🎙️ Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts 👉 linktr.ee/gamavalle#55...
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Puerto Rican author, theater artist, casting director based in NYC. / SCBWI member.
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OUT NOW! Take a listen to our Bilingual Book Buddies episode and let us know what you think. 😃 A jarful of thanks to Alicia, Claudia and Silvia for inviting us to talk about our careers and our book. We had a lovely time! Kindness Glows in the Dark publishes on June 2. Pre-order now! Link in bio!
Hi! It's your (2nd) favorite internet librarian here to talk about libraries! ✨ IT'S NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK ✨ Every April the ALA celebrates libraries, their workers, the patrons, and all things library. This year's theme is "Find Your Joy" inspired by @mychal3ts.bsky.social and his Library Joy 💖
Mariah Carey, premiada como Persona del Año en los Grammy https://www.metro.pr/entretenimiento/2026/01/31/mariah-carey-premiada-como-persona-del-ano-en-los-grammy/
Mariah Carey, premiada como Persona del Año en los Grammy
La cantante recibió el galardón en una ceremonia celebrada este viernes en el contexto de la 68º edición de los premios Grammy.
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'Home Away from Home' is available February 3! 🕌🩷 Nuha is already worried about spending the summer in Oman. When she leaves behind her dearest doll, how will she possibly feel at home in Oman now? Written by Nazneen Akbari Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh
I’m donating a portfolio or picture book manuscript/dummy review to this auction to benefit folks in Minnesota! You can bid here: tinyurl.com/476wtx8n #kidlit #books
January's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Giving and Receiving Critiques Join your hosts on Jan 29, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about critiques! Banner art by @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Jesús I. Valles and Tatyana-Marie Carlo return to INTAR. Carlo, a Broadway Women’s Fund 2023 Industry Woman to Watch, directed INTAR’s sold-out Vámonos (2023). Valles, co-writer of Unit 52’s With Deepest Regrets, Lupe Vélez at INTAR (2025), is a Princess Grace and Yale Drama Series Award recipient.
Introducing the cast of the world premiere production of SPREAD! 🍜📚🏃♂️ Tickets are now available at intartheatre.app.getcuebox.com/o/NSJ51G7N/s...
🎉 Congratulations to the phenomenal cast of O.K.! at INTAR for winning Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast! 🏆✨ This cast was stacked! Featuring Yadira Correa, Danaya Esperanza, Cristina Pitter, and Claudia Ramos Jordán! Thank you @holaawards for this amazing recognition!
QUEERGASMO A Coming Out CUIRnaval 🏳️🌈🎉 Celebrate National (belated) Coming Out Day at INTAR with queer Latine performances, carnival games with a twist + more! Free event but bring cash if you want to participate in raffles or get refreshments RSVP NOW! intartheatre.app.getcuebox.com/o/NSJ51G7N/s...
🥳🎉 Have you heard!? It’s our 60th anniversary!!! That’s six decades of rich Latine theatre history, and who better to help share it with you than Profesora Martínez? With so many incredible stories to tell, we’ll be diving into some of the most memorable moments from INTAR’s history. Stay tuned!
INTAR turns 60! 🎉 Our 2025/26 season marks our 60th anniversary and we are celebrating ALL. YEAR. LONG. Six decades of ground breaking theatre, bold Latine voices, and a whole lot of corazón. ❤️🔥
do you ever look at your own art like “wow I really made this” because this piece is that for me
