Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal

Anthologies

Oct 15

Written By Ash Good

I collaborated as designer and publication consultant with editor/translator Josie Méndez-Negrete on Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s children’s book from Conocimientos Press. Illustrations by Verónica Castillo. The 2023 International Latino Book Awards bestowed a Best Children’s Picture Book Translation—English to Spanish—Bronze Medal on the Spanish translation of this book. Previously, the 2021 International Latino Book Awards awarded the first edition of this title The Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book Award—English—Honorable Mention.

Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía

AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON + OTHER BOOKSELLERS

Written by Belinda Hernández Arriaga
Illustrations by Verónica Castillo
Translated by Josie Méndez-Negrete
Paperback | 60 pages | October 2021
Published by Conocimientos Press

Love and Monsters In Sofia’s Life

AVAILABLE @ BOOKSHOP.ORG + OTHER BOOKSELLERS

Written by Belinda Hernández Arriaga
Illustrations by Verónica Castillo
Paperback | 60 pages | November 2020
Published by Conocimientos Press

FROM THE BACK COVER

“This is a beautifully written story that is all-to-familiar to countless children who live in fear that the monster La Migra will deport their parents. No child deserves to live in this nightmare. Love and Monsters in Sofia's Life reminds us to be vigilant in our support for our immigrant neighbors and the call for immigration reform to end family separation."
—Bill Hing, Professor of Law and Migration Studies, University of San Francisco

“Sofia's painful yet powerful story reminds us of the monster that takes our collective breath away. Her warm cobija or blanket comforts us, as we bear witness to the ways in which she resists and protects herself with amor de familia—a family's love. As I read through Sofia's story, I thought, ‘Yo también tengo miedo; I am also afraid.' This book is a must read for those who stand in solidarity against the monstruo in our historical and present memory."
—Daniela Dominguez, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of in Counseling Psychology, University of San Francisco

Ash Good

⚡️⚡️PLAY👉SACRED⚡️⚡️ 💫free 🌈queer 🎯curator ◼️designer ⭕️editor 🌊poet 🔮priestess 🌱plantwhisperer

This space is where I free myself to meaning-make in my own aesthetic to document and unpack concepts, experiments and experiences that are important to me. Read more about my praxis here. For brand curation and book design click over to ashgood.design. For ritual, movement, meditation, writing circles, toys and pop-up experiences to play with your intuition, visit highpriestesses.com. If you’d like to know more, my full bio is here.

http://www.ashgood.com/

Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal

ash good is the author of us clumsy gods (What Books Press, 2022) & four previous writing collections. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline, Cimarron Review, 45th Parallel, Chautauqua, Bird Coat Quarterly, Voicemail Poems & others.

They are co-founding editor of First Matter Press, a nonprofit writer collective based in Portland, OR.

As a creative director & designer, ash collaborates on publishing projects with small presses, journals, literary organizations, universities & independent authors.

Belinda Hernández Arriaga’s “Amor y Monstruos en la Vida de Sofía” Receives International Latino Book Awards Bronze Medal

“Journal of Children’s Literature” Vol. 49, No. 2

“Our Favorite People in the Room”: Literary/Art Anthology

ash good is the author of us clumsy gods (What Books Press, 2022) & four previous writing collections. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline, Cimarron Review, 45th Parallel, Chautauqua, Bird Coat Quarterly, Voicemail Poems & others.

They are co-founding editor of First Matter Press, a nonprofit writer collective based in Portland, OR.

As a creative director & designer, ash collaborates on publishing projects with small presses, journals, literary organizations, universities & independent authors.