Wednesday, March 22, 2017
4:00pm – 5:00pm
International Charter School Community Room, 334 Pleasant Street, Pawtucket
Please join us for an author presentation by bilingual children’s author Amada Irma Pérez. Amada Irma Pérez will discuss how she incorporates her own life into her books and will answer questions from the audience. Some of her books will be available for purchase.
Currently living in Ventura, California, Amada Irma Pérez was a kindergarten through university teacher for 25 years before she wrote her first autobiographical fiction bilingual picture book My Very Own Room/Mi Proprio Cuartito in 2000. She has since published From Here to There/Mi Diario de Aqui Hasta Allá and Nana’s Big Surprise/Nana, ¡Que Sorpresa! She has won numerous awards and is an advocate for encouraging multicultural understanding through universal themes. Learn more at http://www.amadairmaperez.com