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Rene Colato Lainez

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in San Salvador, El Salvador

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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 ...more

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	My Shoes and I by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From North to South / Del Norte Al Sur by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Joe Cepeda (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Tom Lintern (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Fabiola Graullera Ramirez (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Señor Pancho Had a Rancho by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Elwood H. Smith (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mama the Alien / Mama La Extraterrestre by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Laura Lacamara (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Playing Loteria / El juego de la loteria 4.16 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Be Friends / Seamos Amigos: In English and Spanish / En ingles y español by Rene Colato Lainez (Goodreads Author), Nomar Perez (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 59 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¡Vámonos! Let's Go! 3.57 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for Papa/Esperando a Papa 4.29 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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