How fun it is to share your writing and reading with students everywhere! I can never get enough of that feeling of fulfillment, knowing that what I love doing is a tool that will empower others. Like in the past years, LitWorld organized an event called World Read Aloud Day that looks to promote literacy …
On December 2017 I was recognized with the Human Rights Achievement Award by the Oklahoma Human Rights Alliance and the United Nations Association of Oklahoma City. My acceptance speech was well received, and I want to share it with all of you: “When, a few years ago, an angry man at a restaurant told …
The Staircase on Pine Street, my middle grade chapter book about Alzheimer’s disease, has gotten great reviews since it was published. Recently, The US Review of Books rated it RECOMMENDED and wrote a wonderful note about it. (Read it here) But the Best-of-the-Best review didn’t come from a critic or avid reviewer. It actually came …
I don’t know if the world is prepared for me, but I’m certainly prepared for it! That’s why, when last week I was approached but two awesome– and completely different–professionals to share about my writing journey, I didn’t hesitate and said Yes! Si! The first one was Paul Lawley-Jones an educator and broadcaster from the …
I’m Mariana Llanos and I write books for children and poetry in English and Spanish. I am originally from Lima, Peru, but now I live in Oklahoma with my husband, our three children and our dog, Juliet. I started writing poetry since I was very young. I loved reading so much that I wanted to create my own stories to share with the world. I published my first book, Tristan Wolf in 2013. Since then, I haven’t stopped, and I have many more stories, poems, and project that I want to share with YOU!