Maritere R. Bellas
@maritererbellas.bsky.social
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Award-winning author, speaker, language and culture advocate, podcast host. Repped by Gaby Cabezut, The Seymour Agency.#bilingual #multicultural 🇵🇷🇺🇸 Winner 2024 #FallWritingFrenzy #SCBWI
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When your local newspaper features your work, have to share! Thank you The Beach Reporter and Melissa Heckscher for the amazing article!

#writingcommunity #goals #TíoRickyBilingualBook
#bilingualparenting #LilLibros
A treat to donate a copy of Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés to my kid’s elementary school and their Spanish teacher!

Book available everywhere now and
lillibros.com/products/tio...

Maybe your kid’s school needs a copy too! 😉
Reviews welcome!! 🙏🏻❤️

#authorslife #kidlit
Happy Book Birthday to me!!
Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés, ages 4-8, available everywhere now!
Remember to shop small! 😄

Grateful for your reviews!
¡Gracias!!

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We read banned books 📚 SCBWI Staff and our favorite SCBWI blogger @themermancam share our picks for what banned book we’d recommend!

What is your favorite banned book and why is it important to you? Comment below ⬇️

Learn more about how to combat censorship here: www.scbwi.org/essential-re...
It’s always a special day when I get to see my friend, critique partner and soon to be a published author @felizreading.bsky.social
TQM, Adri!!

#TíoRickyBilingualBook
#TíoRickyBookTour
#TheUntoldStoryBookstore
#Kidlit
#LilLibros
Mi gente!! This Saturday I will be in Anaheim at
#TheUntoldStory reading and signing my #bilingual children’s book, Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés.
Bring all the kiddos in the neighborhood!
11 am-1pm
¡Los esperamos!
❤️❤️❤️
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I'm a literary translator of over 200 books, working between Spanish & English in both directions.

Especially #poetry & #kidlit, although have also translated novels, comics, essays, etc.

Some authors I've translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, Koleka Putuma, Juan Villoro, etc.

#xl8 #booksky
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Mi gente in the LA area!
Up next stop on my book tour, Casita Bookstore in Long Beach. This Saturday!
Join us! 😄❤️

#CasitaBookstore #LilLibros
#TíoRickyBilingualBook
Excited for this one!!
@kidlit411.bsky.social @victorpineiro.bsky.social
Don’t miss out, mi gente!
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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, THE ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS by @victorpineiro.bsky.social (Sourcebooks)

To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday update: kidlit411.com/2025/09/the-... (+ more ways to win)
Did you sign up yet??
@picturebooksummit.bsky.social
Happy viernes, mi gente!
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🚨GIVEAWAY🚨⁠

It's the last day to get your #PBSummit ticket AND be entered to win a critique from Emma Walton Hamilton! ⁠

www.picturebooksummi...

Grab your ticket now to be eligible for this priceless prize. See you online on 10/4!

#amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #booksky
Happy lunes, mi gente!!
Wishing you a productive week! 😄❤️

#goodmorningimagesdaily
Fun time signing my upcoming bilingual children’s book, Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés at Reforma National Conference. Second stop in my book tour.
Loved meeting so many librarians!! ❤️❤️❤️
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New episode: Children's book author Darcy Pattison breaks down self-publishing vs traditional - from art direction to Kickstarter campaigns. 70+ books later, she's sharing all her secrets! 🎙️Listen on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. https://youtu.be/pPWdQ5_P2AY @darcypattison.bsky.social
Thank you!! @ronnawriter.bsky.social
So happy you enjoyed my upcoming bilingual children’s book, Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés.
❤️❤️❤️

Pre-order: shorturl.at/Ejo61
¡Gracias!
Mi gente! In case you didn’t know, I have a podcast en español. Mamás 411 Podcast
For parents engaging in a multilingual, multicultural lifestyle. Today’s guest is Argentinian mom entrepreneur Lucila GiaGrande, founder Lucila’s Alfajores. Take a listen!
😄❤️

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It’s Hispanic Heritage Month!
Let’s share stories of #Latinx figures who have made a difference and the ones who continue to make significant contributions to the U.S. with your #bilingual, #bicultural niños. Like baseball legend Roberto Clemente!
¡Viva la Hispanidad!
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Thank you so much!!
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I’m agented!! Those words feel like a dream!
Excited to be part of @seymouragency.bsky.social family! Thank you @gabycabezut.bsky.social
for believing in me!! Let’s do this, amiga!
❤️❤️❤️
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