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Rene Colato Lainez

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Rene Colato Lainez

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René Colato Laínez is the Salvadoran award winning author of I Am René, the Boy/ Soy René, el niño, Waiting for Papá/ Esperando a Papá, and Playing Lotería/ El juego de la lotería. His picture books have been honored by the Latino Book Award, the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, the California Collection for Elementary Readers, the Tejas Star Book Award Selection and the New Mexico Book Award. He was named “Top Ten New Latino Authors to Watch (and Read)” by latinostories.com. René is a graduate of the Vermont College MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults.

His goal as a writer is to produce good multicultural children's literature; stories where minority children are portrayed in a positive way, where they can see thems
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Señor Pancho Had a Rancho

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René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos by Rene Colato Lainez
"Rene Has Two Last Names is a delightfully wonderful bilingual book that is sure to bring both smiles and joy to the faces of many children, as well as their parents. In a crazy and fast-paced world, such as the one that we live in, often our family h" Read more of this review »
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