Luna's Press Books

The children in El Salvador really love our book Olita and Manyula The Big Birthday by Jorge Argueta; illustrated by El Aleph Sanchez Los niños y las niñas les encanta el libro ... Olita y Manyula El gran cumpleaños Biblioteca de los sueños, San Jacinto - 12 de Enero, 2019

Come visit our store on Sunday and meet authors Jorge Argueta, René Colato Lainez and Chito Cuellar!

We are so proud of the Latino Book Award we received last night in Los Angeles. Congratulations to author Chito Cuellar and much thanks to René Colato Laínez for attending and representing Luna's Press Books at the award ceremony. Bilingual poems about the loss of friends and family of a young man at the start of the Salvadoran civil war. Perfect for High School and University students. If anyone is interested in ordering, just message us on this page.

Luna's Press books at the Latinx Heritage Month Celebration in Daly City, California.

The Library of Dreams and Luna's Press Books will have a booth at CARNAVAL SF this weekend. We'll have Olita & Manyula and Telegrams to Heaven with both authors present for signings! Plus we'll have an additional assortment of multicultural and bilingual children's books! Hope to see you!

Yesterday at The Library of Dreams pop up library in San Jacinto, El Salvador. Our children really love the story of Olita and Manyula!

We are so happy and honored to share the news that two of our titles (Luna's Press Books) were recently selected for the Ada/Campoy Book Awards in their respective categories! "The objective of this award is to recognize books for children and young adult published in Spanish in the United States, that stand out for the content originality, its literary and artistic creation, and the excellent use of Spanish." Estamos felices de compartir la noticia de que dos de nuestros tít...ulos (Luna's Press Books) fueron seleccionados recientemente para los premios Ada / Campoy en sus respectivas categorías. "El objetivo de este premio es reconocer los libros para niños y adultos jóvenes publicados en español en los Estados Unidos, que destacan por la originalidad del contenido, su carácter literario y la creación artística, y el excelente uso del español. Congratulations to authors Rene Colato Lainez and Chito Cuellar; and to the exceptional illutrator Pixote Hunt.

We love this community book fair and are thrilled to have a table again this year! Sunday, Dec 2 @ CCSF Mission Campus Independent book publishers,... live poetry, and an amazing line up of speakers! Plus, free childcare. Luna's Press Books will be there with our bilingual children's books, poetry chapbooks and Salvadoran literature! Hope to see you!

Hooray! Shipping out orders of Olita and Manyula The Big Birthday to schools in Texas!

Wonderful news! Telegrams to Heaven The Childhood of Oscar Arnulfo Romero (published by Luna's Press Books) recieved two International Latino Book Awards this past weekend! Honorable Mention in the Most Inspirational Children's Book category and Best Children's Nonfiction Picture Book category! We are so honored and happy that this story about the childhood of St. Romero / San Romero de America, is being enjoyed by so many children in the US and abroad.... Congratulations to the author Rene Colato Lainez and to the Illustrator Pixote Hunt!

Recordando a Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero en el dia de que nació. Hoy tuviera 101. Remembering Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero on the day he was born. Today he would be 101. Illustration by Pixote Hunt... From the book Telegrams to Heaven The Childhood of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero written by René Colato Laínez Published by Luna's Press Books, San Francisco

This Saturday, as part of the 24th St. Paseo Artistico event, bring your kids to a reading by children's book author René Colato Laínez at Adobe Books in San Francisco!

Luna's Press Books at Dia del Salvadoreño 2018 - Oakland, CA