Empanadas for Everyone

"A young girl's weekend visit to her tâia's neighborhood teaches her the importance of community--and of empanadas"--

About the author

Jackie Azúa Kramer studied acting and voice at New York University and earned her MA at Queens College for counseling in education. Jackie has worked as an actor, singer, and school counselor. Her work with children presented her with an opportunity to address their concerns, secrets, and hopes through storytelling. Now she spends her time writing children’s picture books. Jackie’s books include the award-winning The Green Umbrella (a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year), If You Want to Fall Asleep, The Boy and the Gorilla, and Empanadas for Everyone. Jackie lives with her family in Long Island, New York. When not writing, you’ll find Jackie reading, watching old movies, and travelling to her family’s roots in Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and Spain.

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Az a/ Wen Kramer, Jackie Azúa Kramer
• Assisted by: Lenny Wen (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781665914581
• ISBN: 978-1-66591-458-1
• No. of pages: 40
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food, JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life, People & places (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), United States of America, USA, Cooking & food (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cooking and food, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: City and town life, JUVENILE FICTION / Hispanic & Latino