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After spending over 20 years in classrooms around the country, author Phillip D. Cortez is making it a mission to help students live happier lives by following three simple, yet effective rules offered in The Happy Manifesto. Teachers, parents & students have found tremendous value in this message & can easily apply these rules in the classroom through Social Emotional Learning activities and into their everyday lives The beauty is in the simplicity, according to those who have read the book and have heard Cortez's message in classrooms and libraries throughout the country. It's an easy-to-read manifesto, or guide, that parents and teachers can quickly absorb and apply in their own lives.

I'll Be the Moon is a heartening immigration story about a child’s courage and the distance traveled to be with loved ones.2024 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR MOST INSPIRATIONAL CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK "Bold hope is the theme of this picture book." —Foreword Reviews In her journey North, a child is shepherded by the moon as she aims to reunite with her father across the border. With vivid and picturesque words by Phillip D. Cortez and imaginative illustrations by Mafs Rodríguez Alpide, I'll Be the Moon shows how la luna brings light to the darkness and guides us to those we love. PRAISE FOR I’LL BE THE MOON "Poetic and moving, I’ll Be The Moon is the rare bedtime story that begins only as the book ends." —Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of Mona at Sea and The Bullet Swallower "Cortez's simple but rich telling of a child's view of crossing the desert brilliantly engages all of the senses as you follow the desert path with the moon as a familiar guide." —Rebecca Calderon, Ysleta ISD (TX) Library & Innovative Learning Department "This is a great children’s book to teach imagery and figurative language with!" —Meg Libertucci, Little Free Library steward (NY)

Ser la luna es una historia de inmigraci n inspiradora acerca de la valent a y la distancia que recorremos para estar con nuestros seres queridos. Bajo la inspiraci n y gu a lunar, la ni e y su madre emprenden el viaje hacia al norte para reunirse con su padre, mientras evocan su hogar y abuela en su pueblo natal. En el camino hacia sus sue os, la luna les brinda claridad y un rumbo seguro. Con vibrantes y evocadoras palabras de Phillip D. Cortez y cautivadoras ilustraciones de Mafs Rodr guez Alpide, Ser la luna nos sumerge en un mundo donde la luna desvanece la oscuridad y nos gu a con ternura hacia aquellos a que amamos. I'll Be the Moon is a heartening immigration story about a child's courage and the distance traveled to be with loved ones. In her journey North, a child is shepherded by the moon as she aims to reunite with her father across the border. With vivid and picturesque words by Phillip D. Cortez and imaginative illustrations by Mafs Rodr guez Alpide, I'll Be the Moon shows how la luna brings light to the darkness and guides us to those we love. PRAISE FOR I'LL BE THE MOON "Cortez's simple but rich telling of a child's view of crossing the desert brilliantly engages all of the senses as you follow the desert path with the moon as a familiar guide." --Rebecca Calderon, Ysleta ISD (TX) Library & Innovative Learning Department "This is a great children's book to teach imagery and figurative language with " --Meg Libertucci, Little Free Library steward (NY)