In Maribel’s Year, on Halloween, Maribel and her mother carve pumpkins, pick apples and make apple pie for the first time. Beautiful art from Maribel’s Year by Sarah Gonzales and brilliant motion graphics by Jeffrey Jones.
Hope everyone has a great Halloween! 🎃🍂
I was back in the Bay area this week for author visits in Daly City and San Leandro — a heartfelt thank you to my wonderful hosts! Click the above image to play some highlights from my trip.
Just came back from a trip to the Bay Area! Thank you so much to San José Public Library for hosting an author visit! I absolutely loved connecting with the San José community.
I also reunited with old friends, made new ones and met Instagram friends in person. So many good books, so many wonderful conversations, so many sunny drives (October heat wave!) and so much good food (shout out to Breadbelly for their exceptional kaya toast). Thank you to everyone who made my stay in the Bay so memorable! Click the above image to watch highlights from my trip.
Bay Area friends! I’ll be in San Jose at my first official Bay area event on Friday, October 6, and I’ve also got some other fun events planned in Orange County and Long Beach. I’ll be there with treats in tow. Hope to see you there!
📅 Sunday, October 1
⏰ Signing 1-2 pm at Booth B17
Orange Coast College
2701 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
📅 Friday, October 6
⏰ Author Visit 4:00-5:30 pm
3355 Noble Avenue
San Jose, CA 95132
📅 Thursday, October 19
⏰ Signing 5-7 pm
Grand Opening Week
The District (next to Whole Foods)
2857 Park Ave
Tustin, CA 92782
📅 Saturday, October 21
⏰ Reading at 1 pm
Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library
5870 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90805
The BER months are here and that means the holiday season has begun in the Philippines! You can catch a glimpse of the longest holiday season in the world in the September spread of Maribel’s Year, where Maribel’s papa makes traditional Christmas parol lanterns by hand to hang on the doors of all of her titos’ and titas’ homes.
