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Con Papá / With Papá

Written by Frederick Luis Aldama
Illustrated by Nicky Rodriguez

40 color pp. 10 x 7

Pub Date:  August, 2022

Subjects: Fiction  
Latinx & Latin American Studies

Series: Latinographix

Imprint: Mad Creek

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“A lovely bilingual picture book about the support of a father and how this endless support helps a child gain confidence to soar.” —Selenia Paz, School Library Journal

“A heartfelt, playful, and culturally rich celebration of fatherhood through a Latinx lens.” —Daniel A. Olivas, Los Angeles Review of Books (Read his interview with Frederick Aldama)

“With Papá, ‘I hold galaxies in my arms,’ the child tells us, and in these moving words, Aldama conveys the limitless boundaries of affection. In these vivid, lush images, we witness a father’s love fostering a child’s infinite imagination to soar.” —Cristina Herrera, Latinx Spaces

¡Con papá todo es posible! Con ilustraciones divertidas e imágenes ricas, este amable libro bilingüe para las edades de 3–8 celebra a los padres, les niñes y la identidad Latinx mientras lleva a los lectores en un viaje de crecimiento y descubrimiento de la niñez. Desde la entrega de las alas del dios serpiente a los brazos seguros de Papá hasta presenciar el tapiz mágico de las estrellas, Con Papá / With Papá nos muestra el mundo a través de los ojos de une niñe, de la mano de Papá, hasta que estén listos para emprender sus propias aventuras.

With Papá, anything is possible! With playful illustrations and rich imagery, this gentle bilingual story for ages 3–8 celebrates fathers, children, and Latinx identity as it takes readers on a childhood journey of growth and discovery. From delivery from the serpent god’s wings to Papá’s safe arms to witnessing the magical tapestry of stars, Con Papá / With Papá shows us the world through a child’s eyes, hand in hand with Papá, until they are ready to set off on their own adventures.

Frederick Luis Aldama pertenece a una estirpe minúscula y hoy desaparecida de irlandeses (su abuelo) y guatemaltecos (su abuela), y en la composición de su genoma ocupa un lugar importante la presencia de latinx mexicanos porque su padre es mexicano. Su madre fue maestra bilingüe de primaria en California. Hoy en día, es titular de la Cátedra de Humanidades Jacob y Frances Sanger Mossiker en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Es autor o editor de muchos libros, señaladamente Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology y Las aventuras de Chupacabra Charlie (The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie).

Frederick Luis Aldama is Irish Guatemalan and Mexican Latinx. His mamá was a bilingual elementary school teacher in California. Today he is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies and lifts up Latinx contributions to literature and popular culture as the founder and director of the Latinx Pop Lab. He is the author or editor of many books, including Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology and his first picture book, The Adventures of Chupacabra Charlie (also available as Las aventuras de Chupacabra Charlie).

Nicky Rodriguez es una dibujante de cómics puertorriqueña y creadora de dos web cómics en curso, The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere y The Smoke in the Mirror. Se metió en los cómics principalmente leyendo manga cuando era niña, siendo su favorito Inuyasha. Nicky le gusta usar los cómics para explorar su identidad y crear aventuras fantásticas. Estudió animación y cómics en California College of the Arts.

Nicky Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican comic artist and the creator of two ongoing web comics, The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere and The Smoke in the Mirror. She got into comics primarily through reading manga as a kid, with her favorite being Inuyasha. Nicky enjoys using comics to explore her identity and to create fantastical adventures. She studied animation and comics at California College of the Arts.

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