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Eric Velasquez
Our Original Resources 3
Meet-the-Author Recording with Eric Velasquez about Grandma's Gift
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Eric Velasquez about The Piano Man
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Eric Velasquez
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Author 2
Author Interviews 15
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Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by Candlewick Press
Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by Bilingual in America
Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by Center for the Collaborative Classroom
Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by Katonah Museum of Art
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Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by Just Us Books
![The Brown Bookshelf](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/814489757564616704/ChjJ8QEK_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Eric Velasquez
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
![Holiday House](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1073594047288225794/CBT3OMcJ_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Eric Velasquez about Ol' Clip-Clop
Created by Holiday House
![American Library Association](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/889295739783925761/3byjEK3P_bigger.jpg)
2011 Pura Belpré Award Acceptance Speech given by Eric Velasquez about Grandma's Gift
Created by American Library Association
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Interview with Eric Velasquez about Going Places
Created by Publishers Weekly
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Interview with Eric Velasquez about Octopus Stew
Created by KidLit TV
![Holiday House](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1073594047288225794/CBT3OMcJ_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Eric Velasquez about New Shoes
Created by Holiday House
![Lee & Low](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1272924117327544320/WzjpKhjm_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Eric Velasquez about As Fast as Words Could Fly
Created by Lee & Low
Interview with Eric Velasquez about My Uncle Martin's Big Heart
Created by Good Reads with Ronna
![The Brown Bookshelf](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/814489757564616704/ChjJ8QEK_bigger.jpg)
Interview with Eric Velasquez about Racing Against the Odds
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Books by Eric Velasquez 40
![Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076368046X.jpg)
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
40 Resources12 Awards
![¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!: The Dance That Crossed Color Lines](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1536206083.jpg)
¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!: The Dance That Crossed Color Lines
by Dean Robbins and Eric Velasquez
24 Resources5 Awards
![A Sweet Smell of Roses](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0689832524.jpg)
![Schomburg: El Hombre Que Creó Una Biblioteca](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1536208981.jpg)
Schomburg: El Hombre Que Creó Una Biblioteca
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
21 Resources1 Award
![Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/080758035X.jpg)
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
by Ann Malaspina and Eric Velasquez
20 Resources2 Awards
![New Shoes](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0823425282.jpg)
![Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0062967401.jpg)
Going Places: Victor Hugo Green and His Glorious Book
by Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez
20 Resources3 Awards
![As Fast as Words Could Fly](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1600603483.jpg)
![Voices of Christmas](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0310711924.jpg)
![The Sound That Jazz Makes](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0802787207.jpg)
![Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0397321686.jpg)
Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story
by Beverley Naidoo and Eric Velasquez
17 Resources2 Awards
![Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0062572040.jpg)
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing
by Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez
17 Resources1 Award
![Beautiful Moon: A Child's Prayer](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1419707922.jpg)
![Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1484747178.jpg)
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Doreen Rappaport and Eric Velasquez
13 Resources2 Awards
![Chain of Fire](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0780718690.jpg)
![A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water Across the World](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0802723071.jpg)
A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water Across the World
by Christine Ieronimo and Eric Velasquez
12 Resources1 Award
![Some Kind of Love: A Family Reunion in Poems](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0761455590.jpg)
![The Piano Man](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0802786464.jpg)
![A Season for Mangoes](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/061815972X.jpg)
![David Gets His Drum](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0761450882.jpg)
![The Rain Stomper](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0761453938.jpg)
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