Yuyi's book, Dreamers, was selected to be the 2020 Nashville Reads selection. The Nashville Reads program "was founded in 2012 as a collaboration...

Horn Book magazine focused its May/June 2021 issue on Latinx literature in honor of the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Pura Belpre award....

Yuyi made this video to introduce her upcoming book, Bright Star, at Penguin Random House's Fall 2021 Sales Conference. In this video, Yuyi explains...

Yuyi was invited by the organization, Embrace Race, to participate in a project, Drawing Across the Color Line with Kids, that would promote...

Workshops woven from self-care, self-knowledge, self-defense and rituals that call for justice and the joy of women. The work is divided into two...

Yuyi provided artwork from Dreamers to Make Way for Books, a nonprofit organization in Tucson, AZ to createthe  Dreamers Book Bus. Make Way for...

In the spring of 2020, as Guatemalan communities were being impacted by covid-19, Yuyi was asked by Child Aid to make a video that they could share...

Yuyi negotiated with the municipal government of her hometown, Xalapa, Veracruz, to get the necessary permissions for a local artist to paint a four...

The Fresno County Library's Mobile Literacy Unit will be driving the rural roads of Fresno County for anywhere from 10 to 15 years. The role of this...

Yuyi participated in the Highlights Foundation's Essential Conversations seminar in the fall of 2020, Dismantling the Kaleidoscope, where she...

In 2019, the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature in Abeline, Texas, presented the first ever solo exhibit of Yuyi's work,...

The Norman Rockwell Museum invited to Yuyi to contribute original artwork for its exhibit, Finding Home: Four Artists' Journeys. Art...

Yuyi was one of 17 Latinx artists who contributed an illustration for Hear My Voice, a picture book that tells the stories of 61 children, ages 5 to...

Yuyi was invited by the organizers of the Miami Book Fair to design the festival's official poster for 2020.

In 2018, Yuyi appeared on the podcast, The Science of Happiness, to discuss and read the gratitude letter she wrote to Nancy, a librarian in San...

In 2019, Yuyi donated jaranas, a Mexican folk instrument, and copies of her books to a community library run by Las Patronas, a volunteer group that...

In anticipation of the 2018 release of her book, Dreamers, Yuyi appeared on The Science of Happiness podcast to read aloud a gratitude letter she...

In 2019, Yuyi was asked by La Puerta Atitlan, a school in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, to visit and meet with students. La Puerta Atitlan offers a...

In the summer of 2019, the non-profit, Child Aid, invited Yuyi to participate in their literacy program in Guatemala and dedicate a library in her...

In celebration of reading books, Yuyi filmed videos for 2019's Global Read Aloud where she read aloud and talked about five of her books.Global Read...

Yuyi was asked by the organizers of the charity organization, Every Child a Reader, to create the offical poster for 100th anniversary of Children's...

In 2019, Yuyi won her sixth Pura Belpre Medal, this time for her illustrations in Dreamers / Soñadores. Yuyi gave the following acceptance speech at...

Yuyi wrote lyrical verses for a song titled, Cascabelito Migrante, which she intended to perform in her Pura Belpre Medal acceptance speech in 2019....

In 2019, the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library unveiled a multi-paneled mural in their Youth Wing featuring work by Yuyi as well as noted...

In 2017, Yuyi contributed La Valiente, an illustration for RESIST! a free print publication edited and produced by The New Yorker art editor...

Yuyi made this video as a token of her appreciation to the 2019 Pura Belpre Award Committee.

In anticipation of the release of Yuyi's book, Dreamers, she filmed a video in collaboration with her publishing house to tell readers what inspired...

In anticipation of the release of Yuyi's book, Dreamers, Publisher's Weekly printed a conversation between Yuyi and her editor, Neal Porter, on the...

In anticipation of the release of Yuyi's book, Dreamers, she contributed a photo essay on her creative process for the book for the noted children's...

In 2018, Yuyi was invited to give a keynote address at the School Library Journal's Day of Dialog. School Library Journal's Day of Dialog is an...

Yuyi appeared on the the podcast, "The Yarn," to discuss her introduction to children's books as an adult and the bizarre and magical career path...

Yuyi appeared on "The Yarn", a podcast about children's books and their creators, to talk about the creative process behind her book, Rudas: Niño's...

Yuyi created this poster, which was also sold as a bookmark, with characters from her books, Niño Wrestles the World and Rudas: Niño's Horrendous...

Yuyi contributed this illustration for the  book, What's Your Favorite Color? Other contributors include Eric Carle, Etienne Delessert and Bryan...

Yuyi was one of three recipients of the Maurice Sendak Fellowship in 2017. As part of four-week residency in upstate New York, Yuyi had the...

In 2016, Yuyi constructed a mini library outside of her home in Xalapa, Veracruz, La Pequeña Gran Biblioteca de Todos. Here, people can exchange...

Yuyi designed the poster for the 2015 Pura Belpré award ceremony using characters from her book, Viva Fria!, and the books of the other Pura Belpré...

In 2014, Yuyi was invited to be the special guest lecturer for the San Francisco Public Library's 18th annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture, which...

Yuyi designed the cover of the School Library Journal's 2014 December 2014 issue on the year's best books. Yuyi's design incorporated the puppet she...

In 2014, Yuyi contributed a visual essay on the creative process behind her book, Viva Frida to the children's book blog, Seven Impossible Things...

Yuyi made this video to give readers an inside look at the creative process behind Viva Frida! This book represented a dramatic stylistic departure...

Yuyi wrote and recorded a song, "Venadita", to accompany the release of her book, Viva Frida.

Yuyi designed the poster for the 2014 Pura Belpré award ceremony using characters from Niño Wrestles the World and the books of the other Pura...

Yuyi appeared on NPR's Latino USA program to discuss her book, Niño Wrestles the World, and her introduction to children's books as an adult and...

In 2015, Yuyi was asked to contribute a piece of original art that would be part of a poster design that would be sold as part of We Need Diverse...

As part of Scholastic's The Art of Read Every Day Campaign, Yuyi filmed two videos. In the first video, Yuyi takes questions about her creative...

Yuyi was one of several artists, including Bryan Collier, Sonia Lynn Sadler, and LeUyen Pham, who contributed original artwork to America the...

Yuyi contributed this illustration for Scholastic's Art of Read Every Day campaign in 2013. 

In 2012, Yuyi filmed a testimonial for PBS about the importance of public programming and talked about the impact shows like Sesame Street had on...

Yuyi illustrated the covert art for "The Wild Book," a children's book by Cuban-American poet and writer, Margarita Engle. 

In 2010, The New York Times published an article titled, "Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children." Little, Brown and Company created an...

Yuyi contributed this illustration of her character, Señor Calavera, reading the various winners of the 2019 Pura Belpré's Medal and Honor awards...

In 2008, Yuyi made this video to give readers more information about Señor Calavera, the beloved and mysterious skeleton from Just a Minute and Just...

In 2008, Yuyi received the Golden Kite Award for picture book illustration for her book, Little Night. Below is a video Yuyi presented during her...

In 2007, Yuyi was one of several artists asked to create a snowflake that would be put up for auction to raise funds for Robert's Snow, an online...

Yuyi designed this poster, using art from her book, Just a Minute, to promote reading at the request of her publisher, Chronicle Books. This poster...

In 2004, Yuyi contributed a painting for the poster design of El Dia de los Niños, El Dia de los Libros celebration in San Francisco. 

In 2006, Yuyi and award-winning illustrator, Kadir Nelson, were invited to contribute original artwork to a LACTAID campaign to promote milk...

In 2004, Yuyi was featured in The Zephyr, the newsletter for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and was asked about her...

Pura Belpré' acceptance SpeechJuly 2004 Hace mucho, mucho tiempo…A long, long time ago Conejo, Rabbit, went to live on the moon. He went there for...