
Margarita Engle
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Guest Blogger: Margarita Engle “Writing Historical Novels in Verse, like THE WILD BOOK”
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Poet Slave of Cuba
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Dancing Hands
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Drum Dream Girl
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about Hurricane Dancers
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Wild Book
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Margarita Engle about The Surrender Tree
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Margarita Engle
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 48
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Margarita Engle “Writing Historical Novels in Verse, like THE WILD BOOK”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Poet Slave of Cuba
Created by Library of Congress

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Poet Slave of Cuba
Created by Colorín Colorado

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Surrender Tree
Created by Colorín Colorado

Interview with Margarita Engle about Tropical Secrets
Created by Publishers Weekly

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Firefly Letters
Created by Library of Congress

Interview with Margarita Engle about Hurricane Dancers
Created by Macmillan
Interview with Margarita Engle about The Wild Book
Created by Bookjoy!
Interview with Margarita Engle about The Wild Book
Created by Gathering Books
Interview with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
Created by No Water River

Interview with Margarita Engle about The Lightning Dreamer
Created by Caroline Starr Rose

Interview with Margarita Engle about Mountain Dog
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award

Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Caroline Starr Rose
Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Anansesem
Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Interview with Margarita Engle about Silver People
Created by Author Amok

Américas Award acceptance speech by Margarita Engle about Silver People
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Interview with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Poetry for Children

Pura Belpré Author Award Acceptance Speech, 2016, given by Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC

Interview with Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by BookPage

Nonfiction Award Finalist Speech, 2016, given by Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA

Walter Dean Myers Award acceptance speech by Margarita Engle about Enchanted Air
Created by Library of Congress

Guest post by Margarita Engle about The Sky Painter
Created by Unleashing Readers
Interview with Margarita Engle about The Sky Painter
Created by Cracking the Cover
Interview with Margarita Engle about The Sky Painter
Created by Kid Lit Frenzy

Interview with Margarita Engle about Lion Island
Created by The Yarn Podcast

Interview with Margarita Engle about Bravo!
Created by All the Wonders

Interview with Margarita Engle about Bravo!
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award

Interview with Margarita Engle about All the Way to Havana
Created by Publishers Weekly

Interview with Margarita Engle about Forest World
Created by Laura Shovan

Interview with Margarita Engle about Miguel's Brave Knight
Created by Peachtree Publishers Blog

Interview with Margarita Engle about Jazz Owls
Created by Valley Public Radio
Interview with Margarita Engle about Jazz Owls
Created by The Takeaway

Interview with Margarita Engle about Dreams from Many Rivers
Created by Matthew C. Winner
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Behind the Books

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Yarn YA Reviews
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Multicultural Children's Book Day
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Toasted Cheese

March 23, 2016 interview with Margarita Engle
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Teaching Latin America through Literature

May 23, 2017 interview with Margarita Engle
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Pitch América

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Horn Book

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Mackin Community

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Austin Public Library

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by American Libraries Online

Interview with Margarita Engle
Created by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Lifetime Achievement Awards 2
Books by Margarita Engle 34

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
44 Resources12 Awards

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
39 Resources11 Awards

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
39 Resources13 Awards

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls
36 Resources5 Awards

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist
36 Resources9 Awards



The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
34 Resources7 Awards

Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
by Margarita Engle and Raúl Colón
31 Resources5 Awards

The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba
27 Resources5 Awards

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
27 Resources4 Awards


The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
by Margarita Engle and Aliona Bereghici
26 Resources1 Award

Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
by Margarita Engle and Rudy Gutierrez
26 Resources5 Awards

Soaring Earth: A Companion Memoir to Enchanted Air
26 Resources7 Awards

Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words
25 Resources5 Awards

¡Bravo!: Poemas Sobre Hispanos Extraordinarios
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
23 Resources1 Award

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
22 Resources2 Awards

Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
by Margarita Engle and Julie Paschkis
22 Resources2 Awards


The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar
by Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios
21 Resources1 Award

With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero
21 Resources3 Awards


Isla de leones: El guerrero Cubano de las palabras
18 Resources1 Award
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