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Ruth Behar

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Newbery Honor Award-winning and Pura Belpré Award–winning author of THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER, LUCKY BROKEN GIRL, LETTERS FROM CUBA, TÍA FORTUNA'S NEW HOME, ACROSS SO MANY SEAS. Co-author with Gabriel Frye-Behar of PEPITA MEETS BEBITA. .. more

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Ruth Behar is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer. Her work includes academic studies, as well as poetry, memoir, and literary fiction. As an anthropologist, she has argued for the open adoption and acknowledgement of the subjective nature of research and participant-observers. She is a recipient of the Belpré Medal. .. more

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 16d

Not only is our world vulnerable, but we’ve all become vulnerable observers as we move about our lives concerned about the next catastrophe. Just ask @ruthbehar.bsky.social. #HispanicHeritageMonth

How We All Became Vulnerable Observers

By Ruth Behar | When I called myself a vulnerable observer twenty-five years ago, most other scholars looked at me askance. The word “vulnerable” wasn’t on everyone’s lips then, so it always took a mo...

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Federico Erebia @federicoerebia.bsky.social · Jan 13

The 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards
announced the

LONGLIST: MG/YA

Feel free to tag authors, illustrators, publishers.

Winners & Finalists: late April.

The submissions window for the 2026 awards will be
July 1 - August 31, 2025

For more information: ReadYourWorld.org/awards

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Ruth Behar @ruthbehar.bsky.social · Jul 11

Exciting book news!! My son @gabrielfryebehar.bsky.social and I have co-authored a second picture book, Picadillo for Paulina, which will be coming out in Summer 2026 with Norton Young Readers!! Delighted to be working with editor Simon Boughton and artist Erika Rodriguez Medina. ❤️

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Jul 8

Coming soon: new projects from @sylvialiu.bsky.social @jashar.bsky.social @cassandradraws.bsky.social @ruthbehar.bsky.social + more buff.ly/C8hGBMb

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Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm interviewing all of the 2025 Newbery Winners LIVE on the Real Page-Turner Stage at #ALAAC25. Come by at 9:30 on Saturday, June 28th to see Erin Entrada Kelly, Ruth Behar, Chanel Miller, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Kate O'Shaughnessy

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Ruth Behar @ruthbehar.bsky.social · Jun 25

Looking forward to being at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference this weekend!

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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · May 21

The Sydney Taylor Honor and Newbery Honor award-winning book by @ruthbehar.bsky.social is now in paperback! Get free resources for ACROSS SO MANY SEAS to bring this historical novel into your class or library!

Across So Many Seas - Penguin Classroom Portal

NEWBERY HONOR WINNERSYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD HONOR WINNER Spanning over five hundred years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar’s epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations ...

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Ruth Behar @ruthbehar.bsky.social · May 20

Happy to announce that today is the paperback release day of Across So Many Seas!! 🙏💙🧿

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Ruth Behar @ruthbehar.bsky.social · May 19

lilith.org/2025/05/thin...

Thinking About Deportation, from 1492 to 2025

Before deportations, there were expulsions. If we go back just over 500 years, to 1492, we are in the era when Columbus landed in the Americas, with the support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabela.

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Federico Erebia @federicoerebia.bsky.social · Apr 21

The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award MG/YA finalists!

ACROSS SO MANY SEAS
@ruthbehar.bsky.social

THE COLOR OF SOUND
@emilybarthisler.bsky.social

More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards

#PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky

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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · Apr 6

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek! Thank you to all the librarians and library workers out there. Use this week to get active in the library in your community: check out a book, go to a program, and/or attend a library board meeting. #BookSky

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · Apr 4

Happy School Library Month! (Day 4)

"School librarians are memory-keepers and story-keepers and the guardians of all the knowledge of the universe." — @ruthbehar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb...

Newbery Honor Author Ruth Behar

I asked Erin Entrada Kelly, Ruth Behar, Chanel Miller, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Kate O'Shaughnessy to each answer two questions and finish tw...

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E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thank you!♥️ It was an honor to interview the wonderful @ruthbehar.bsky.social
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My Interview with 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award & Newbery Honoree Ruth Behar!

YouTube video by E Train Talks Books

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E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social · Feb 11

As part of the @jewishlibraries.bsky.social Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, it's my privledge to share my interview with Sydney Taylor Book Honor & 2025 Newbery Honor recipient the wonderful author @ruthbehar.bsky.social
#STBA #booksky #mglit #kidlit #Jewish #blogger

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My Interview with 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Award & Newbery Honoree Ruth Behar!

YouTube video by E Train Talks Books

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Association of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social · Feb 11

On today's final blog tour stop: @ruthbehar.bsky.social, author of ACROSS SO MANY SEAS, Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Middle Grade Category! @etraintalks.bsky.social

Hosted at etraintalks.com/sydney-taylo...

View the full blog tour schedule at jewishlibraries.org/2025-blog-to...

#STBA

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · Feb 8

I interviewed @erinentrada.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/two-..., Lesa Cline-Ransome mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb..., @ruthbehar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb..., and @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb... this week.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · Feb 6

#TLSkyChat "School librarians are memory-keepers and story-keepers and the guardians of all the knowledge of the universe." — @ruthbehar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb...

Newbery Honor Author Ruth Behar

I asked Erin Entrada Kelly, Ruth Behar, Chanel Miller, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Kate O'Shaughnessy to each answer two questions and finish tw...

mrschureads.blogspot.com

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · Feb 5

"That my writing is appreciated at this stage of my life, now that I’m a grandmother, means everything to me." —Dr. @ruthbehar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb...

Newbery Honor Author Ruth Behar

I asked Erin Entrada Kelly, Ruth Behar, Chanel Miller, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Kate O'Shaughnessy to each answer two questions and finish tw...

mrschureads.blogspot.com

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