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Cover of My Name Is Celia / Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz / La Vida de Celia Cruz by Monica Brown

Picture book · Children

My Name Is Celia / Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz / La Vida de Celia Cruz

written by Monica Brown, illustrated by Rafael López

32 pages · 2004

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About the book

This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia “[a]n exuberant picture-book biography . . . a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music.”

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