
Heavy Medal
October 28, 2024 by Sujei Lugo
"The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, aims to provide a platform and space to support Latinx youth literature creators and connect them with their readers and other creators and educators."
September 15, 2024 by Sujei Lugo
I decided to create a reading challenge so we could all collectively learn about, read and/or revisit Latin American children’s literature.
August 17, 2024 by Sujei Lugo
We are not minimizing the work for different publishers in the United States, Spain, and other countries, but we recognize that there has to be a bigger acknowledgement and support of publishers and creators from Spanish-speaking Latin Americans within the United States (the main audience of this virtual space).
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Sujei Lugo, a former elementary school librarian in Puerto Rico, is a children's librarian at the Boston Public Library, Connolly Branch. She holds a MLIS from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus and a Ph.D. in LIS from Simmons University. She is an independent scholar, book reviewer, and active member of REFORMA (National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking), ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children) and the We Are Kid Lit Collective. She is the co-author of Islas Lectoras: bibliografía crítica de literatura infantil puertorriqueña (2000-2020), professional reading and bibliography focused on Puerto Rican children's literature published in the last two decades. Her body, heart, and mind constantly travels between Boston and Puerto Rico.