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Author Reading with Francie Latour
Francie Latour (Américas Award Honoree) reads from Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
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Hispanic Reading Room, Second Floor, LJ-240 Thomas Jefferson Building 10 First Street SE Washington, DC 20540
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Author Francie Latour will read from Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings (2019 Américas Award Honor Book), a story about a young American girl who visits family in Haiti and finds herself through her Haitian auntie’s paintbrush. Book sale will follow.
The Américas Award encourages and commends authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality and classroom-ready children’s and young adult books portraying Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
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