Weaving Culture into Middle Grade Fiction - Author Interview Alexandra Alessandri Book Huddle 47

So many kids and teens love books about fantasy and realistic fiction, but they don't generally want a book focused specifically on learning about a certain culture. The amazing Alexandra Alessandri combines both, weaving wonderful aspects of culture into exciting stories of fiction.

Find Alexandra Alessandri
https://alexandraalessandri.com/
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Discover Alexandra's fun middle grade books
The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia https://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Life...
Grow Up Luchy Zapata
https://www.amazon.com/Grow-Luchy-Zap...

Beautiful Picture Books
Isabel and Her Colores go to School
https://www.amazon.com/Isabel-Colores...
Lupita's Hurrican Palomitas
https://www.amazon.com/Lupitas-Hurric...
Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!
https://www.amazon.com/Fel%C3%ADz-New...
Our World: Colombia Board Book
https://www.amazon.com/Our-World-Colo...

And watch for her upcoming Young Adult in verse
All the Love Under the Vast Sky
https://www.amazon.com/All-Love-Under...

Find Alexandra's book recommendation I am La Chiva: the Colorful Bus of the Andes by Karol Hernández (Author), Lorena Alvarez Gómez (Illustrator)
https://www.amazon.com/Am-Chiva-Color...

Chapters
00:00 intro Meet Alexandra
02:56 The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia
06:10 World Building Tierra de los Olvidados, drawing from personal experiences to put into the story
10:11 Grow Up Luchy Zapata intro and friendship changes
14:10 How different people might view their culture (here their Columbianness) differently and react to it differently
21:42 The values shown in Alexandra's books, like making a mistake and owning your decisions
23:35 What is in the works for Alexandra
and her amazing ability to write for across ages and genres
25:39 Alexandra’s book recommendation

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