Salon@615 with Yuyi Morales

Born in Xalapa, Mexico, where she currently resides, Yuyi Morales lived for many years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she still maintains close relations with booksellers and librarians.

Professional storyteller, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer, and artist, she has won the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration five times, for Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book (2003), Los Gatos Black on Halloween (2006), Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book (2008), Niño Wrestles the World (2013), and Viva Frida (2014), also a Caldecott Honor Book.

This is the public event for the NashvilleReads program. It will air live on the Nashville Public Library YouTube page.

Enjoy this review published by Chapter 16, a literary publication of Humanities Tennessee.

An Eloquent Migration Story