Gary Grasshopper and friends travel to another field to celebrate the birthday of Gary's best friend, Freddie Firefly. While there they encounter a group of cicadas who have been underground for thirteen years.
Kena Sosa adores words. She ties them together in ways that enchant, entertain and earn awards in children's literature.
Background
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She earned her Bachelors degree from Our Lady
of the Lake University and her Masters in
Bilingual Education from SMU. She lived abroad in Japan and Mexico, experiences which instilled within her a love for culture and language,as reflected in her stories. Her first
children's book, Rey Antonio and Rey Feo,
was born of the celebration of her colorful childhood in San Antonio. Her second book,
Kindertransport-A Child's Journey is a
middle grade chapter book about the hopeful escape of children on the Kindertransport train just before the outbreak of WWII. This book, The Unhuggables, is a fun story about love and the power of hugs.Sharing stories with her two sons and other eager readers has been her
favorite adventure yet!
Birth Place
Grand Prairie, TX
Accomplishments
Ezra Jack Keats Fellowship, Spring 2011
Billie Levy Travel and Research Grant, Summer 2013
Winner-Best Cover Contest November 2017 for The Unhuggables from Authors Talk About It website
Winner-Silver Recognition for historical fiction-Children's Literary Classics Awards 2018, Kindertransport-a child's journey
Winner-Enchanted Page Book Award-2019, The Unhuggables
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