Hispanic Star: Bad Bunny - Hardcover

Edelman, Claudia Romo; Cardinal, Ann Dávila

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250339669 ISBN 13: 9781250339669

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, 2024

Synopsis

Read about Grammy-award winning artist Bad Bunny and his astronomical rise to fame as the King of Latin Trap. Known as Benito to his friends, this multi-talented artist is among the most groundbreaking and iconic Latinx heroes to have shaped our culture and the world. Learn more in this engaging biography featuring black-and-white illustrations!

Meet multi-talented performer Bad Bunny―once just a kid called Benito from the Almirante Sur barrio of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. The oldest of three brothers, Benito grew up in a family that valued music, charity, and being true to oneself―beliefs he carries with him to this day. Following his rise to fame in 2017, Bad Bunny was recognized as the King of Latin Trap and became the first non-English-language act to be one of the world's most-streamed artists. Following memorable appearances on Saturday Night Live, roles on films like Happy Gilmore 2, and a historical residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, Bad Bunny has become a household name and an emblem of his generation.

IF YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU CAN BE IT.

Read about the most groundbreaking, iconic Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have shaped our culture and the world in this gripping biography series for young readers from Claudia Romo Edelman and Hispanic Star, all available in English and Spanish!
• HISPANIC STAR: BAD BUNNY
• HISPANIC STAR: CELIA CRUZ
• HISPANIC STAR: ELLEN OCHOA
• HISPANIC STAR: PEDRO PASCAL
• HISPANIC STAR: ROBERTO CLEMENTE
• HISPANIC STAR: SELENA GOMEZ
• HISPANIC STAR: SONIA SOTOMAYOR
• HISPANIC STAR: SYLVIA RIVERA

Hispanic Star proudly celebrates Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have made remarkable contributions to American culture and have been undeniable forces in shaping its future.

About this title

About the Authors

Claudia Romo Edelman is the founder of the We Are All Human Foundation and Hispanic Star and has worked for twenty-five years with internationally recognized institutions, including the United Nations, the Global Fund, the World Economic Forum, and UNICEF. She’s led some of the most successful global campaigns in the last decade, including Product (RED), the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in collaboration with the United Nations, the creation of the SDG Lions, and the rebranding of the UN Refugee Agency.

Ann Dávila Cardinal is a novelist and director of student recruitment for Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) where she earned her MFA in Writing. She also helped create VCFA’s winter writing residency in Puerto Rico. She comes from a long line of Puerto Rican writers, including poets Virgilio and José Antonio Dávila, and her cousin, award-winning fiction writer Tere Dávila. Ann lives north of Stowe, Vermont with her husband Doug and son Carlos, and likes to spend her free time cycling, doing fiber arts, and preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Five Midnights (Tor Teen) was her first solo novel.

Alexandra Beguez is a Cuban-American illustrator and cartoonist who was born and raised in New Jersey. Alexandra has received awards and recognition from the Society of Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles, 3x3 Magazine, Creative Quarterly Journal, and Latin American Ilustración. She is a recipient of the 2021 New Jersey Artist Fellowship Grant, awarded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her work has appeared in The Nib, The Believer Magazine, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, the Hispanic Star series. She also contributed to the graphic novel anthology, Guantanamo Voices, which received the 2021 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize and was a finalist for the Eisner Awards in the Best Anthology category and was included in The New York Times’ Best Graphic Novels of 2020 list.

Edition details

• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250339669
• ISBN 13: 9781250339669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Beguez Alexandra
• Number of pages: 112