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Rafael López
Our Original Resources 9
Guest Blogger: Rafael López “Stirring the Pot of Color: Illustrating Picture Books”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about Just Ask!
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about Book Fiesta!
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about Dancing Hands
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about Drum Dream Girl
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about The Day You Begin
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Rafael López about Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, rey del mambo
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Rafael López
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 29
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Rafael López “Stirring the Pot of Color: Illustrating Picture Books”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
![National Book Festival](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1031924537070428160/r_nQaWjy_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López
Created by National Book Festival
![Library of Congress](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1031924537070428160/r_nQaWjy_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López
Created by Library of Congress
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Interview with Rafael López about Just Ask!
Created by NPR
![Scholastic](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1343578391006609410/vdnCqHAn_bigger.png)
Book of the Week interview with Rafael López about We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands / Tenemos el mundo entero en las manos
Created by Scholastic
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Interview with Rafael López about Drum Dream Girl
Created by Kirkus Reviews
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2016 Pura Belpré Award Acceptance Speech given by Rafael López about Drum Dream Girl
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2020 Pura Belpré Award Acceptance Speech given by Rafael López about Dancing Hands
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![Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1395078127219531779/R0mv4dRx_bigger.jpg)
2020 Pura Belpré Illustrator Medal Unboxing with Rafael López about Dancing Hands
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Interview with Rafael López about The Day You Begin
Created by Brooklyn Public Library
![Rafael López](/images/authors/3484.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Az4mqLykCf.jpg)
Guest Post by Rafael López about The Day You Begin
Created by Rafael López
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Interview with Rafael López about I'll Meet You in Your Dreams
Created by Publishers Weekly
![Colorín Colorado](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1144345947381665792/zjzJeEP0_bigger.png)
Spanish Interview with Rafael López about My Name Is Celia
Created by Colorín Colorado
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Interview with Rafael López about Dancing Hands
Created by American Library Association
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Interview with Rafael López about Bravo!
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
![Rafael López](/images/authors/3484.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Az4mqLykCf.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López about The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
Created by Rafael López
![Scholastic](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1343578391006609410/vdnCqHAn_bigger.png)
Interview with Rafael López about We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands / Tenemos el mundo entero en las manos
Created by Scholastic
![Library of Congress](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1031924537070428160/r_nQaWjy_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López about Yum! MmMm! Qué Rico!
Created by Library of Congress
![HarperKids](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1031605558653202435/DXkXcoWd_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López about Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, rey del mambo
Created by HarperKids
Interview with Rafael López about The Day You Begin
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
![All the Wonders](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/644231572946747392/EFjihWL8_bigger.png)
Interview with Rafael López about Bravo!
Created by All the Wonders
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Insights into poster making from Rafael López about One World, Many Stories
Created by TeachingBooks
![National Book Festival](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1031924537070428160/r_nQaWjy_bigger.jpg)
Spanish Podcast with Rafael López about Book Fiesta!
Created by National Book Festival
![All the Wonders](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/644231572946747392/EFjihWL8_bigger.png)
Interview with Rafael López about Maybe Something Beautiful
Created by All the Wonders
Interview with Rafael López about Maybe Something Beautiful
Created by La Bloga
![Library of Congress](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1031924537070428160/r_nQaWjy_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López about My Name Is Celia
Created by Library of Congress
![Reading Rockets](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/908698823115051008/KkxTeNMY_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Rafael López about My Name Is Celia
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Rafael López about The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
![Colorín Colorado](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1144345947381665792/zjzJeEP0_bigger.png)
Interview with Rafael López about My Name Is Celia
Created by Colorín Colorado
Books by Rafael López 23
![The Day You Begin](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399246533.jpg)
![Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0544102290.jpg)
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
53 Resources14 Awards
![Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0544357698.jpg)
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, and Rafael López
42 Resources10 Awards
![Bravo!: Poems about Amazing Hispanics](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0805098763.jpg)
![Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0525514120.jpg)
![The Year We Learned to Fly](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0399545530.jpg)
![El día en que descubres quién eres](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1984812076.jpg)
![The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1580892426.jpg)
![Quizás algo hermoso: cómo el arte transformó un barrio](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1328904067.jpg)
Quizás algo hermoso: cómo el arte transformó un barrio
by F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell, and Rafael López
26 Resources3 Awards
![Yum! MmMm! Qué Rico!: America's Sproutings](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1584302712.jpg)
![¡Bravo!: Poemas Sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1250113660.jpg)
¡Bravo!: Poemas Sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
24 Resources1 Award
![Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, rey del mambo](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0061227838.jpg)
Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, rey del mambo
by Monica Brown and Rafael López
23 Resources4 Awards
![El año en que aprendimos a volar](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0593407601.jpg)
![¡Solo Pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/052551550X.jpg)
¡Solo Pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú
by Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael López
19 Resources1 Award
![I'll Meet You in Your Dreams](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316453285.jpg)
![The Little Book of Joy](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0593484231.jpg)
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