Only 5% of books published for young readers are by or about Latinx people, according to one analysis. But a team of writers, editors and publishing agents have set out to change that.
The LatinxPitch for Kid Lit group just held their first Twitter event where writers and illustrators pitched ideas.Illustration by Tatiana Gardel/www.tatianagardel.com
There were 1.5 million impressions of the #LatinxPitch hashtag that day. More than 160 agents and editors offered"likes" to the tweeted pitches, and requests to see the writers' work. One acquiring editor at Little Brown Books for Young Readers Lacera was born in Colombia and came to the U.S. as a baby. He grew up in Miami reading American comic books, watchingand Saturday morning cartoons while his parents listened to salsa music — and as an adult, he became an artist for gaming studios and cartoons such as. His wife Megan had written and created characters for Hasbro and Goldilox before forming her own creative company.
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