Eric Velasquez

Eric Velasquez is an award winning author/illustrator of more than 30 children's books. Recipient of the Pura Belpre, NAACP Image Award & CSK John Steptoe Award

[Colorín Colorado @ColorinColorado]

Updated! Puerto Rican Stories: Books for Children, Middle Grades, and Young Adults

Featuring books from @SoniaMManzano @PBSKIDS @ericvelasquezny @andthisjustin and more!

https://t.co/65JLbYMVmn #HispanicHeritageMonth

[Carole Boston Weatherford @poetweatherford]

Set at the 1936 Berlin Olympics—JESSE OWENS: FASTEST MAN ALIVE. Illustrated by @ericvelasquezny @bloomsburykids

[Butler Center @butchilitcen]

📚📢 Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Eric Velasquez. #dailybutlershelfie #NationalBiographersDay #Outspoken @poetweatherford @ericvelasquezny @Candlewick

[Greg Carr @AfricanaCarr]

Different time. Different place. Same standard.

#PaulRobeson lived an artist’s definition of #ForTheCulture . Check out how here.

The latest from Carole Boston Weatherford and @ericvelasquezny⁩ couldn’t arrive at a more appropriate time. Thank you for “Outspoken.”

[Carole Boston Weatherford @poetweatherford]

Thanks, https://t.co/7QjbtU5TPK for interviewing me about my new picture book biography—Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show, illustrated by ⁦⁦@ericvelasquezny⁩ . ⁦@Candlewick⁩ ⁦ https://t.co/jFFrIEtliz

[HappyHomeschoolAdventures @HappyHomesCool]

Learn about The Jim Crow Era, Black Travel #History, The Shoebox Lunch, and more with this Cinnamon Roll Pound #Cake:

https://t.co/IvR9fATis7
#AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #ShoeboxLunch #recipe #homeschool #Montessori #education @grandbabycake @tonyaboldenbook @ericvelasquezny

[Books4School @ibooks4school]

On this day in 1936, Jesse Owens won gold in the long jump at the Berlin Olympics! Click here to learn more about Owens and the four gold medals he won while competing in Nazi Germany:
https://t.co/qCfdjGg52E @poetweatherford @ericvelasquezny #nonfiction #picturebooks #kidlit

[Eric Velasquez @ericvelasquezny]

@TorreyMaldonado Congratulations Torrey! ¡Bendiciones!

[aloof wife guy @_citoyenne]

Very pleased to share an article I wrote reflecting on enslaved artistic labor for the Nation

https://t.co/eDyrw0Qx54

[Colorín Colorado @ColorinColorado]

In memory of Christine King Farris, the sister of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., take a look at these children's books by Ms. Farris and her daughter, Dr. Angela Farris Watkins (illustrated by @ericvelasquezny @LondonLLadd & @ChrisSoentpiet)

https://t.co/xXWygY48GQ

[Lisle Library Dist. @lislelibrary]

The child[ren] in your life can learn more about Caribbean-American life and culture with these picture books: https://t.co/rUbK8CHJH9. @ruthbehar @lesleanewman @ericvelasquezny @baptistepaul @nadialhohn @margaritapoet @AnnettePimentel @jasminnemendez

[Eric Velasquez @ericvelasquezny]

@lislelibrary @ruthbehar @lesleanewman @baptistepaul @nadialhohn @margaritapoet @AnnettePimentel @jasminnemendez Thank you for including PULPO GUISADO.

[Eric Velasquez @ericvelasquezny]

@RomyNGoldberg @deanrobbins ¡Muchas gracias!

[HappyHomeschoolAdventures @HappyHomesCool]

Explore Going Places and learn more about the shoebox lunch prior to making this delicious cinnamon roll pound #cake:

https://t.co/IvR9fASKCz
#homeschool #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #history #food #travel #recipe @grandbabycake @ericvelasquezny @bryantterry

[AfroLatinx Travel @AfroLatinoTrav]

“Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg” by @DrVKV23 children’s book “Schomburg the man who built a library” by @ericvelasquezny and Carole Boston Weatherford and “Schomburg: Black Bibliophile and Collector” by Elinor Des Verney Sinnette.

[Be Inclusive @beinclusivema]

"Unbought and Unbossed" The slogan of former congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the 1st black person to run for POTUS.

Chisholm fought for all who were pushed aside.

Author: @krussellbrown
Illustrator: @ericvelasquezny

#representationmatters #beinclusive #mbi

[SchoolLibraryJournal @sljournal]

#31 Days31Lists: 2022 American History for Kids https://t.co/CKhSqBoGMX @FuseEight

[Eric Velasquez @ericvelasquezny]

@DiasporaDash Thank you for the support and the shoutout.
I would be happy to make a donation. Please message me an address and I'll send some books for Panama.

[Eric Velasquez @ericvelasquezny]

Honored to have two books included on this list of great books. Big shoutouts to @deanrobbins author of ¡MAMBO MUCHO MAMBO! and @tonyaboldenbook author of GOING PLACES
Thank you @chipublib @Candlewick @QuillTreeBooks @HarperCollins

[Dean Robbins @deanrobbins]

.@chipublib has selected both the English and Spanish editions of MAMBO MUCHO MAMBO! for its list of Best Informational Books for Younger Readers. So proud to be included among these great titles!

@ericvelasquezny @GalltZacker @Candlewick @CandlewickClass
https://t.co/G6CNlymPzS

[Eric Velasquez @ericvelasquezny]

@cynthia_weill Thanks!