Delia
Ruiz
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Delia Ruiz is an awarding winning author, Book reviewer, content creator
&
ABOUT
Delia Ruiz is a first generation Latinx author from San Antonio, Texas. Her
published works include the !123 Baila! board book series and the
International Latino Book award-winning Roqui’s Pandero Beat. Delia
enjoys creating teacher materials under her teacher store Aventuras En ESL. Aventuras En ESL is also her social media platform used to showcase diverse
books, especially Latine/x book picks. She currently resides in Los
Angeles with her husband, baby boy, and pug. Delia hopes to inspire the next generation of writers who also come from immigrant households. She is represented by Sera Rivers at Speilburg Literary Agency.
Book: Roqui's PAndero Beat
About the Book:
Roqui’s Pandero Beat: Roqui is a coqui frog who lives on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Roqui has a big dream of playing plena music on the pandero drum but he is afraid his small size will get in the way of becoming a musician.
The Book Features:
- The Afro-Puerto Rican musical genre of bomba y plena
- Native musical instrument (pandero)
- Moving to the U.S. mainland
- Clapping out syllables
- Roqui’s perseverance to achieve his goal
Sharing Diverse Book Picks focusing on LAtine/x Books
Sharing diverse book picks, especially those on the Latine/x culture is something Delia is passionately about. Check out her book reviews on primarily picture books with a sprinkle of middle grade, young adult, and adult book picks.
Delia Ruiz is a book influencer with a variety of publishing companies including Harper Collins, Penguin imprints, Macmillan, Abrams, Simon Kids, Barefoot Books, Cardinal Press, Beaming Books, Candlewick Press, and many more.
Book Reviews on IG
Video Book Reviews
Questions? Email: AventurasEnESL (at) Gmail (dot com)
Picture Book Critique
What's Included
Need to polish up a manuscript?
Need a fresh perspective?
Stuck on an intro, middle, ending?
I offer picture book manuscript
critiques for $45 ea.
Returning clients for $40 ea.
*Non rhyming manuscripts only
Edits made within 2.5 weeks
With your picture book critique, you will receive feedback on:
- Anchoring your theme
- Story inconsistencies
- Language choices
- Pacing
- Areas to cut/add on details
- Suggestions for revisions
Educator Guides
As a former teacher, Delia has experience and knowledge in creating lesson plans with standards and book topics in mind. She can differentiate lesson plans for all learners and/or compose material that works with the theme of your book. Delia has a masters degree in differentiated instruction in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
Past clients include: Cielito Lindo Books, Eerdmans Publishing Company, and private clients.
Interested in working together? Email:
AventurasEnESL (at) Gmail (dot com)
Types of activities can include:
- Lesson plan(s)
- Reading response questions
- Graphic organizers
- Crossword puzzles+games
- Center activities with instructions
- Storytelling prompts
- Differentiated plans for IEPS/ESL students
- +Many more depending on your theme/book
View examples of activity sheets and educator guides here
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- Dr. Seuss Alternatives
- Books En Español
- Books on Immigration
- Books from Tik Tok
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