Author of SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY Michael Genhart’s MARIPOSA, which features a queer Latino boy who can rely on his grandmother’s loving support to help him feel safe and confident, and whose story reclaims the Spanish word for butterfly which, for too long, has been used as a slur for effeminate and gay boys and men, illustrated by Pura Belpre Honor winner Carlos Aponte, to Neal Porter at Neal Porter Books, for publication in spring 2027 by Nicole Geiger.

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