
Margarita Engle
211 Total Resources 2 Lifetime Achievement Awards 185 Total Book Awards 58 Books
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Guest Blogger: Margarita Engle “Light for All Virtual Book Tour”
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Guest Blogger: Margarita Engle “Writing Historical Novels in Verse, like THE WILD BOOK”
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Drum Dream Girl
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Un pregón de frutas
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about A Song of Frutas
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Light for All
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Poet Slave of Cuba
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Dancing Hands
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Hurricane Dancers
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Wild Book
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Surrender Tree
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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About the Author 1
Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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Author Interviews 75
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Margarita Engle “Light for All Virtual Book Tour”
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Margarita Engle “Writing Historical Novels in Verse, like THE WILD BOOK”
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Spanish and English (Bilingual) Interview with Margarita Engle
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On how her parents met with Margarita Engle
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On visiting Cuba with Margarita Engle
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On writing about Cuba with Margarita Engle
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On writing about freedom with Margarita Engle
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On family stories with Margarita Engle
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On writing poetry with Margarita Engle
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On writing free verse with Margarita Engle
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On writing poetry outdoors with Margarita Engle
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Advice on writing poetry for teens with Margarita Engle
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On readers theater with Margarita Engle
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On the Pura Belpré Awards with Margarita Engle
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On sugar in Cuba with Margarita Engle
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Novels in verse discussion with Margarita Engle
Created by Latinx KidLit Book Festival

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Austin Public Library

Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Singing with Elephants
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Singing with Elephants
Created by We Need Diverse Books

Interview with Margarita Engle about Miguel's Brave Knight
Created by Peachtree Publishers Blog

Interview with Margarita Engle about Drum Dream Girl
Created by Kirkus Reviews
Guest Post by Margarita Engle about Wild Dreamers
Created by Teen Librarian Toolbox
Interview with Margarita Engle about Water Day
Created by Latinx in Publishing
Panel discussion with Margarita Engle about With a Star in My Hand
Created by Latinx KidLit Book Festival
Interview with Margarita Engle about When You Wander
Created by No Water River

Guest Post by Margarita Engle about Destiny Finds Her Way
Created by Unleashing Readers
Interview with Margarita Engle about Wings in the Wild
Created by Diverse Verse

Interview with Margarita Engle about Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish
Created by Scholastic

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Hurricane Dancers
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Summer Birds
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On the meaning of fireflies with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Surrender Tree
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Poet Slave of Cuba
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Américas Award acceptance speech by Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Library of Congress

2016 Pura Belpré Award Acceptance Speech given by Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC

Interview with Margarita Engle about Your Heart, My Sky
Created by We Need Diverse Books

Interview with Margarita Engle about A Song of Frutas
Created by We Need Diverse Books

Interview with Margarita Engle about A Song of Frutas
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)

Guest post by Margarita Engle about The Sky Painter
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Sky Painter
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Sky Painter
Created by Kid Lit Frenzy

Interview with Margarita Engle about Mountain Dog
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award

Interview with Margarita Engle about Bravo!
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Poet Slave of Cuba
Created by Library of Congress

Walter Dean Myers Award acceptance speech by Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
Created by Library of Congress

Nonfiction Award Finalist Speech, 2016, given by Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA
Interview with Margarita Engle about Jazz Owls
Created by The Takeaway

Interview with Margarita Engle about Jazz Owls
Created by Valley Public Radio

Interview with Margarita Engle about Forest World
Created by Laura Shovan
Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Caroline Starr Rose

Interview with Margarita Engle about Bravo!
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Poetry for Children

Interview with Margarita Engle about Lion Island
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
Created by Caroline Starr Rose
Interview with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Wild Book
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Interview with Margarita Engle about The Wild Book
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Lifetime Achievement Awards 2
Books by Margarita Engle 58

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
44 Resources14 Awards

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
38 Resources14 Awards

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
38 Resources14 Awards

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
36 Resources11 Awards

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls
33 Resources5 Awards


The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
30 Resources7 Awards


The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
27 Resources5 Awards


Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
by Margarita Engle and Raúl Colón
26 Resources5 Awards

Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
by Margarita Engle and Rudy Gutierrez
25 Resources6 Awards

Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air
25 Resources7 Awards

The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
by Margarita Engle and Aliona Bereghici
24 Resources3 Awards

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
23 Resources4 Awards


Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words
22 Resources5 Awards

Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger
22 Resources4 Awards


With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero
21 Resources4 Awards




Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
19 Resources2 Awards

The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar
by Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios
19 Resources2 Awards

La joven aviadora: Aída de Acosta sube muy alto
by Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios
18 Resources1 Award

The Sculptors of Light: Poems about Cuban Women Artists
by Margarita Engle and Cecilia Puglesi
18 Resources4 Awards

¡Bravo!: Poemas Sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
17 Resources1 Award

Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny
17 Resources3 Awards

Tu corazón, mi cielo: El amor en los tiempos del hambre
by Margarita Engle and Alexis Romay
17 Resources1 Award


Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
by Margarita Engle and Julie Paschkis
16 Resources2 Awards


Isla de leones: El guerrero Cubano de las palabras
15 Resources1 Award



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