Born:
San Joaquin Valley, California,

Current Home:
San Diego County, California,

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Biography

Watch a video interview with Pam Muñoz Ryan.

Pam Muñoz Ryan is the 2007 Author Recipient of the National Education Association's Human and Civil Rights Award. She has written over thirty books for young people that include picture books for the very young, such as Mud is Cake and Mice and Beans; picture books for older readers which include Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, When Marian Sang and Nacho and Lolita; and the middle grade and young adult novels Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León, and most recently, Paint the Wind, which has already been nominated for several state young reader awards. She is twice the recipient of the Willa Cather Literary Award for Writing. Her books have garnered many awards which include the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, the Americas Award Honor, the ALA Schneider Family Award, the Tomás Rivera Award, the Siebert Honor and the Orbis Pictus Award.

Born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley of California, she received her bachelor's and master's degrees at San Diego State University and now lives in north San Diego County with her family.

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Nacho y Lolita

by Pam Muñ, oz Ryan and Claudia Rueda

Once there lived a rare and majestic bird named Nacho, the only pitacoche for thousands of miles. He was proud of his brilliant feathers and haunting songs, but what good were they with no one to share them? Then the swallows came to nest and Nacho met Lolita.

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Nacho y Lolita

Grades K-2 $5.99

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Arroz con frijoles

by Pam Muñ, oz Ryan and Joe Cepeda

Both award winners, this author and illustrator team bring us the story of Rosa Maria, who spends a busy week happily prepares for her grandchild's birthday party. Strangely, important items that she needs keep disappearing! She blames her own forgetfulness, but children will delight in uncovering a family of mice preparing for a party of their own, and finally, finding all the missing items!

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Arroz con frijoles

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ARTICLE	Author Pam Muñoz Ryan When author Pam Muñoz Ryan was growing up, there was no Hispanic Heritage Month. The month-long commemoration received federal recognition in 1988, when Ryan was 37. It has grown in popularity since.

LESSON PLAN	Pam Muñoz Ryan Shares Writing Secrets Students read about how Pam Muñoz came up with the tale of Esperanza Rising. They use the interview as a model for completing their own...