• In 2003, Sacre's first children’s book, The
Barking Mouse, was published by Albert Whitman and
Company. It has fast become a staple in many classrooms and
libraries in the United States because of its humor, multicultural
message, and emphasis on the importance of speaking other languages. To
see Antonio telling his story of The Barking Mouse
to a young audience, click here.
• His next two picture books will be published by Abrams
Books for Young Readers in 2010. A Mango in the Hand
follows a young boy’s desire on his special day to pick mangoes from a
mango tree. When he is thwarted, his father gives him special dichos
(proverbs) to help him get the task done. To see Antonio telling
his story of A Mango in the Hand to a young
audience, click here.
La Noche Buena – the Good Night shows how a little
girl celebrates Christmas Eve with her Cuban relatives in Miami’s
neighborhood of Little Havana.
• A young adult novel will be published in 2011, and two more
children’s books are in currently in consideration with a publisher.
To commission Antonio Sacre
for a specific piece, contact his agent:
Susan Schulman
A Literary Agency
454 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 212-713-1633
Fax: 212-581-8830
e-mail: schulman@aol.com
LINKS YOU MIGHT FIND
INTERESTING
tolerance.org
• albertwhitman.com
• racebridges.net
• storyarts.org
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