Angela Burke Kunkel is the author of Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built (Random House/Schwartz & Wade, 2020), an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book and winner of both the Américas Award and International Latino Book Award. She is also the author of Penguin Journey (Abrams Appleseed, 2022). Look for her next books from Random House Studio, Make Way: The Story Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings in 2023 and World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney in 2024.
Angela lives with her family in Vermont, where she works as a school librarian.
Books in order of publication:
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built – 2020
Penguin Journey – 2022
Make Way: The Story Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings – 2023
World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney – 2024.
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