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VIRTUAL EVENT TICKETS,
June 5, 6pm PT/9pm ET (click here)
TICKETS:
$40 Virtual Admission + book
*Includes access to watch the event on video-on-demand for five days after it airs. Ticket includes shipping to US addresses only.
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In the first children’s book written by critically acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling superstar Isabel Allende, Perla, the mighty dog, teaches her human brother, Nico Rico, how to use his superpowers to stand up to a bully.
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Chilean novelist, feminist and philanthropist Isabel Allende was born in Peru and lives in California. Since the publication of The House of the Spirits, in 1982, she’s written more than 25 books that have been translated into more than 43 languages. More than 8 million people have watched her TED Talk on living a more passionate life.

Having sold 77 million books,Allende is one of the most widely read authors in the world. Come hear her speak about her work, her philanthropy, her first children’s book and the rescue dog who inspired it. 

In Perla, The Mighty Dog! (which will be published simultaneously in Spanish,) Allende turns her renowned skills as a storyteller to the tale of a pooch with two superpowers. “I love dogs more than people because we have so much to learn from them,” she says. With illustrations by award-winning illustrator Sandy Rodriguez.
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Meg Medina is the Library of Congress’s 2023–2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She is also the author of award-winning young adult novels and picture books, including Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she lives in Richmond, Virginia.