Do I Belong Here?/ ¿Es Este Mi Lugar?

Award-winning children's book author René Colato Laínez teams up again with illustrator Fabricio Vanden Broeck to explore the experiences of newcomers in U.S. schools and affirm that yes! They do belong here.

About the author

RENÉ COLATO LAÍNEZ is the author of numerous picture books for children, including My Shoes and I / Mis zapatos y yo (Piñata Books, 2019), Mamá the Alien / Mamá la extraterrestre (Lee & Low Books, 2016), From North to South / Del norte al sur (Children's Book Press, 2013), René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos (Arte Público Press, 2009) and I Am René, the Boy / Soy René, el niño (Arte Público Press, 2005). He is an elementary school teacher in Los Angeles, California. FABRICIO VANDEN BROECK is a designer, illustrator, painter and professor of design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco in Mexico City. He illustrated My Shoes and I / Mis zapatos y yo (Piñata Books, 2019).

Product details

• Authors: René Colato Laínez
• Assisted by: Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Illustration)
• Publisher: Pinata Books
• Languages: English, Multiple languages, Spanish
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781558859685
• ISBN: 978-1-55885-968-5
• Dimensions: 231 mm x 272 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books