Join us for an inspiring evening of stories on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM to benefit 826 Boston. Author Raúl the Third (the ¡Vamos! series, the Coco Rocho series, and El Toro & Friends series, among many other adventures) will discuss his writing and illustration process. Our wonderful hosts, 826 Boston board members Jill Harrison Berg and Shannon Fairley-Pittman, will provide the food and drink. Children are welcome!
All proceeds benefit the free youth writing programs that 826 Boston provides.
The event is free, but RSVPs are required.
Raúl the Third is a New York Times bestselling and three-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in Boston. ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge was awarded one of the year’s Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2021 from The New York Times and the New York Public Library. His work centers around the contemporary Mexican-American experience and his memories of growing up in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
¡Vamos! Let’s Go to The Market! is Raúl’s first authorial project, which he wrote and illustrated, and is colored by Elaine Bay was awarded a Pura Belpre honor by the American Library Association and Reforma. Vamos! Let’s go Eat was also awarded the Pura Belpre award in illustration by the American Library Association and Reforma.
Lowriders in Space was nominated for a Texas BlueBonnet award in 2016-2017 and Raúl was awarded the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration by the American Library Association for Lowriders to the Center of the Earth. Lowriders Blast from the Past and Lowriders to the Rescue are the third and fourth books in the series. He was also a contributor to the SpongeBob Comics series.
He is the co-creator of Strollercoaster with Matthew Ringler and Elaine Bay from Little Brown and Company. With award winning author Jason Reynolds, Raúl The Third has illustrated The New York Times best selling books Stuntboy in the Meantime and Stuntboy In-Between Time.
Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay are currently working on their latest graphic novel series The Snips with Little Brown and Company.
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