Pat Mora

PAT MORA is an award-winning author, the founder of Da (El da de los nios, El da de los libros / Children's Day, Book Day), and an honorary member of the American Library Association. Her book Abuelos, illustrated by Amela Lau Carling, won the International Latino Book Award for Best English Picture Book, a Library Media Connection Editor's Choice Award, and it was named a Crticas Magazine Best Children's Book. Pat is also the author of The Race of Toad and Deer (La carrera del sapo y el venado) and The Night the Moon Fell (La noche que se cay la luna), both illustrated by Domi. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.