Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas

Award-winning author Alexandra Alessandri is back, this time with the story of a girl who rescues two baby pigeons as a hurricane approaches and finds that in doing so, she feels a little less scared.

Kindness can be shown during even the harshest of storms.

Shutters rattled. Wind howled. As a ferocious hurricane descends upon her town, Lupita finds two baby birds who have fallen out of their nest and brings them inside to shelter them from the storm. While Lupita and her family wait out the tempest, she focuses on protecting the palomitas to alleviate her own fears and hopes she can soon reunite them with their mother.

Perfect for families living in hurricane-prone states or with children who have storm-related anxieties, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas offers a gentle, soothing story about extending a hand of kindness to others even while facing fears of our own. The book includes Spanish-language vocabulary words and a glossary in the back.

Alexandra Alessandri is the award-winning author of Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!, Isabel and Her Colores Go to School, and The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía. The daughter of Colombian immigrants, she is also an educator and poet. Alexandra lives in Florida with her husband and son.

Anastasiya Kanavaliuk was raised in Belarus. She has loved drawing since childhood, and nature has been one of her inspirations. Anastasiya is currently working on her master's degree in graphic design and lives in Poland.