Rafa Counts on Papá Format:Hardcover and it hits close to

and it hits close to home

More timely than ever

Allegra struggles to make peace in her family and navigate the social gauntlet at school while asking bigger questions about her place in the world: What does it mean to be “liberated”

Betrayed by those she loved

from the first blooms of spring and scorching sun of summer to the crisp leaves of fall and fat snowflakes of winter

Rafa Counts on Papá Format:Hardcover and it hits close to*SIGNED BOOKPLATE* Rafa and his pap love to count and measure together. They know how many branches they climb to their favorite spot, they know how high their dog Euclid can jump, and they know how far they can run. But theres one thing Rafa can't count or measure because it is infinite: the love that he and his pap share. Pura Belpr Honor illustrator and author Joe Cepeda celebrates curiosity and shows the tender and playful relationship between