by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2019
In 2019, Yuyi won her sixth Pura Belpre Medal, this time for her illustrations in Dreamers / Soñadores. Yuyi gave the following acceptance speech at the American Library Association’s 2019 Annual Conference. 2019 Pura Belpré Aceptance Speech. ALA Washington DC....
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2019
Yuyi wrote lyrical verses for a song titled, Cascabelito Migrante, which she intended to perform in her Pura Belpre Medal acceptance speech in 2019. When Yuyi could not perform the song due to time constraints, she filmed a video instead. Cascabelito Migrante is a...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 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 illustrators, Christopher Myers, Selina Alko, and Paul Zelinsky. In her 8 x 11 foot mural panel, Yuyi depicted...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2019
In 2017, Yuyi contributed La Valiente, an illustration for RESIST! a free print publication edited and produced by The New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly and her daughter, Nadja Spiegleman. RESIST! was founded after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Its slogan,...
by administrator | Mar 16, 2021 | 2019
Yuyi made this video as a token of her appreciation to the 2019 Pura Belpre Award...
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