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Festival Artist/Author/Performer

Raúl The Third

Raúl The Third

Raúl The Third is an award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in Boston. His work centers around the contemporary Mexican-American experience and his memories of growing up in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. 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 and REFORMA for Lowriders to the Center of the Earth. Raul's first authorial project ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to The Market! was awarded a Pura Belpré Honor, which he wrote and illustrated, and is colored by Elaine Bay. Vamos! Let's Go Eat was published in 2020. In 2021 Raúl the Third is expanding the World of Vamos! with three new books including Training Day, Tag Team featuring El Toro and Friends and Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge.


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Book cover for ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market

Little Lobo and his dog make deliveries at their local mercado. Each illustrated page is chock-full of signs and labels in Spanish, so children can learn new vocabulary in context.


Little Lobo y su perro hacen entregas a su mercado local. Cada página de ilustraciones está llena de letreros y etiquetas en español para que los niños puedan aprender nuevo vocabulario en un contexto divertido.


Book cover for ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat!
¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat!
Raúl the Third

 



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