Juana Medina was born and grew up in Bogota, Colombia. At school, she got into trouble for drawing cartoon versions of her teachers. Eventually, however, all that drawing (and trouble) paid off. Juana Medina is the illustrator of Smick! by Doreen Cronin and the author-illustrator of 1 Big Salad. She has studied and taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, has done illustration and animation work for clients in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe, and now teaches at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University. Juana Medina lives in Washington,
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From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another middle-grade short story collection--this one focused on exploring acts of bravery--featuring some of the best own-voices children's authors, including R. J.... SEE MORE