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Ruth Behar, author portrait
© Gabriel Frye-Behar

Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar, the Pura Belpré Award–winning author of Lucky Broken Girl, was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York, and has also lived in Spain and Mexico. In addition to writing for young people, her work includes poetry, memoir, and the acclaimed travel books An Island Called Home and Traveling Heavy, which explore her return journeys to Cuba and her search for home. She was the first Latina to win a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, and other honors include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and being named a “Great Immigrant” by the Carnegie Corporation. She is an anthropology professor at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 
Gabriel Frye-Behar is a Brooklyn-based writer, filmmaker and photographer. He has a BFA in Film & TV Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. He currently teaches in the Drama Department at NYU/Tisch. This is his first picture book and he and his wife can’t wait to share it with their own lovely pepita and bebita.
Across So Many Seas
Pepita Meets Bebita
Pepita y Bebita (Pepita Meets Bebita Spanish Edition)
Tía Fortuna's New Home
El nuevo hogar de Tía Fortuna
Letters from Cuba
Lucky Broken Girl

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Across So Many Seas
Pepita Meets Bebita
Pepita y Bebita (Pepita Meets Bebita Spanish Edition)
Tía Fortuna's New Home
El nuevo hogar de Tía Fortuna
Letters from Cuba
Lucky Broken Girl

Pepita Meets Bebita

When dog meets baby, it will take a little time and a lot of love for Pepita and Bebita to become the best of friends. Welcoming a new baby can be hard, especially when you’re used to being the center of attention! When it’s time for Pepita, the puppy of the family, to meet the

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Celebrate Jewish Heritage with Books

This May, celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month with this diverse list of reads! From biographies to summer-y beach reads to art, history, cookbooks, children’s books, and timeless classics, there are so many books for you to read all month long and throughout the year! Find some of our favorite picks below, and explore our Jewish

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Congrats to Our ALA Award Winners!

We are privileged to publish so many incredible books for young readers that have been honored this year by the American Library Association! Congratulations to all of our authors and illustrators who continue to create outstanding work for children and teens. Explore some of our award-winning titles below, and see a full list of this

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Penguin Random House Libros en Español 2022 Catalog

By Emanuel Berger   Celebrate diversidad with some of the Spanish, Bilingual and Latinx/Hispanic Adult and Children’s books featured in our new Libros en Español 2022 Catalog. Consider adding some of these great titles to your bookshelves, libraries and homes, not only for celebrated holidays such as Cinco de Mayo, Day of the Dead, and

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Celebrating National Latinx Heritage Month

National Latinx Heritage Month is a period from September 15 to October 15 in the United States during which time we honor the contributions of Latinx Americans to the United States and celebrate their heritage and culture. The commemoration begins each year on September 15, the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica,

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