Join us to learn about exciting developments in children’s and young adult literature in Mexico as award-winning authors and illustrators create books in Spanish and Indigenous languages. Books from Mexico will be on display for browsing and Anel Pérez, a specialist in children’s literature from UNAM in Mexico City, will share her observations of the most significant trends. We are honored that she is joining us for this important presentation.

4:30 – 5:30 – Una Mirada a la Literatura Infantil: Current Trends in Literature for Children and Young Adults in Mexico – Anel Pérez

5:30 – 6:00 – Reception and Book Browsing

Anel Pérez Martínez plays a key role in the Coordination of Cultural Dissemination at UNAM in Mexico City. She is an academic at the Institute of Aesthetic Research and is coordinator for “Children’s Literature: A Door to Reading” at the Institute of Philological Research in UNAM. Her work focuses on the history and theory of children’s literature. She has promoted reading through courses, workshops and programs for children and has published on art for children, the history of children’s literature and recommended books for children and young people. She also works with children’s literature and art for children in educational programs for museums.