Gloria Amescua

Award-winning author Gloria Amescua’s latest book, Abuelita’s Song, is a “bilingual story celebrating family and the music that connects us all.” Her picture book biography, Child of the Flower-song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua, received a Pura Belpré Author Honor, an Américas Award, ILA awards, ALA Notable Books and was cited in various Best of Nonfiction lists. Niña del pueblo de floricanto: Luz Jiménez, hija de los nahuas (Spanish edition) publishes Nov. 2025.