Dear Eli Terry Families,
Next Thursday, March 5th, we are excited to welcome author and illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal to Eli Terry! Juana will spend the day with our students and will lead three assemblies: one for grades K–1, one for grades 2–3, and one for grades 4–5. We wanted to share that Juana will sign books. If you would like her to sign a book that you have previously purchased, please include a post-it note with your child's name on the cover and hand it in to the office no later than next Thursday. Books will not be offered for purchase here at Eli Terry.
Below is her biography from her website:
"I’m Juana and I write and illustrate books for young readers.
Alma and How She Got Her Name (Candlewick Press) was my debut picture book as an author-illustrator, and was awarded the 2019 Caldecott Honor. I am also the illustrator of
La Princesa and the Pea (written by Susan M. Elya, Putnam/Penguin), winner of the 2018 Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration,
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (written by Kevin Noble Maillard, Roaring Brook Press), winner of the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Medal,
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa (written by Sara Fajardo, Roaring Brook Press), winner of the 2026 Robert F. Sibert Medal, and
Tomatoes for Neela (written by Padma Lakshmi, Viking Books), NYT Bestseller.
I was born in the busy city of Lima, the capital of Peru. Now I live in the woods in Eastern Connecticut. Here I share a home with my husband, two sons, daughter, our two dogs, and the souls of our late cat, Kitty, and ginormous dog, Puppy."
We are very excited for Juana Martinez-Neal to visit our school on March 5th.
Mike & Kelley
