For the weekend of November 13-15, Jacey and I headed down to Miami for the annual Miami Book Fair International. We were excited to participate in such a popular annual event and to spread our mission of bilingualism to the wonderful South Floridians!
On Saturday and Sunday of that weekend, Milka Duno joined us to sign her book and take photos with fans. We truly enjoyed spending those two days with her (an awesome and dedicated woman!)
Milka’s book, Go, Milka, Go!/¡Corre, Milka, Corre!, highlights her life and the importance of studying hard to succeed. She spoke with children about the importance of education and her foundation, Milka Way. The program’s mission is to inspire children and young adults to “Aim for the Stars” and achieve academic excellence.
I personally felt inspired by how she brightened up the day and spoke words of encouragement for so many children, families and fans who got to meet and speak with her. Indeed, one fan even drove two hours just to meet her and get his copy of her book autographed!
We were honored to have Milka join us because her passions are so closely aligned with ours and because she is such a great person. We share our focus on education and literacy not bound by language. We’ll be sure to let you know the next time Milka will visit our booth!
Milka’s first book is bilingual in Spanish and English and at the reading level for ages 8-12. We brought back a limited number of autographed copies. Buy yours now before they’re gone!
Check out some of the photos below. Thank you Milka!
I had never heard of bububooks until I saw this post (reposted) over at jacketflap.com. Looks like you had a great turnout at this event!
I’ll definitely need to get a hold of some of your titles to check out for myself.