Texas Book Festival to host 2024 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award winners

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

The recipients of Texas State University’s Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award for works published in 2022 to 2023 will be honored Nov. 14 at TXST and at the Texas Book Festival in Austin on Nov. 16.

The honorees are Michael Genhart, author, and John Parra, illustrator, of Spanish is the Language of My Family, which was recognized in the works for young readers category; Carmen Tafolla, author of Warrior Girl, recognized in the works for middle readers category; and Pedro Martín, author of Mexikid, recognized in the works for older readers category.