Lulu Delacre
Bilingual author and illustrator of children's books
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Selected Works

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Alicia Afterimage
2008 • English Hardcover • Lee & Low Books • ISBN: 978-1-60060-242-9 • $19.95 Order directly from Lee & Low
The Storyteller's Candle: La velita de los cuentos
2008 • Bilingual Hardcover • Children's Book Press • ISBN-13: 978-0-89239-222-3 ISBN-10: 0-89239-222-3 • $16.95
Rafi and Rosi: Carnival!
2006 • English Harcover • HarperCollins • 978-0-06-073597-5 • $15.99 • 2006 Rafi y Rosi: ‘Carnaval! • Spanish Hardcover • HarperCollins • 0-06-113134-2 • $15.99 2006• Spanish Paperback • HarperCollins • 0-06-113135-0 • $3.99
Rafi and Rosi
2004 • English Hardcover• HarperCollins •0-06-009895-3 • $15.99 • Rafi y Rosi 2006 • Spanish Hardcover • HarperCollins •0-06-087277-2• $15.99 2006 • Spanish Paperback• HarperCollins •0-06-087278-0• $3.99 2005 • English Edition Paperback • 0-06-009897-X •$3.99
Arrorrσ mi niρo: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games • Book and CD
2004 • Bilingual Hardcover • Lee & Low Books • 1-584-30-159-7 • $16.95 • 2006 • Bilingual CD • Lee & Low Books • 1-60060-1235 • $12.95
Shake it, Morena! And Other Folklore from Puerto Rico by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, Paintings by Lulu Delacre
2002 • Bilingual Hardcover • Reinforced Library Binding • Millbrook Press • 0-7613-1910-7 • $24.90 Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Primary Grades PB: 0-8225-7026-2 Reading Level: Grade 3 • Interest Level: Grades 2-4 List Price: $ 6.95 To order: Lerner Costumer Service at 1-800-328-4929
Salsa Stories
2000 • English Edition Hardcover • Scholastic • 0-590-63118-7 • $15.95 English Edition Paperback • 0-590-63121-7 • $4.50 Cuentos con sazσn 2001 • Spanish Edition Paperback • Scholastic • 0-439-22649-X • $4.50
Golden Tales: Myths, Legends and Folktales from Latin America
1996 • English Edition Hardcover • Scholastic • 0-590-48186-X • $18.95 English Paperback • Scholastic • 0-439-24398-X • $5.99 De oro y esmeraldas: Mitos, leyendas y cuentos populares de Latinoamιrica 1996 • Spanish Edition Paperback • Scholastic • 0-590-67684-9 • $6.99

Quick Links

• Lulu's artwork on Paper Tigers Gallery
• WETA interviews Lulu
WETA Colorνn Colorado has several short videos where Lulu speaks on a variety of subjects
• Children's Literature conversation with Lulu Delacre about ALICIA AFTERIMAGE
• Reading is Fundamental Interview
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Rafi and Rosi

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"Magic Fingers"
Growing up in Puerto Rico I was totally enchanted by the adorable and elusive coquν tree frog. So, one summer while I waited for my daughter, then taking an art class, I decided to sketch coquνes. For two weeks I sketch tree frogs, until Rafi and Rosi surfaced on the pages of my skethbook. I knew the stories would be about the relationship between a big brother and his little sister.

Rafi's antics are modeled after my husband's childhood memories. Rosi has a little of me in her. The stories are set in the island of Puerto Rico, a setting that allows me to share a bit of the natural beauty and culture of the island.

After I had sketched Rafi and Rosi many times, and written and revised the stories, I created the art. My illustrations were made with watercolors on watercolor paper. I used a sepia watercolor pencil for the outlines of my characters. I think the sepia line, that sometimes bleeds into the characters, gives them warmth.
Rafi and Rosi buying piraguas

Rafi and Rosi in the bioluminscent bay of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.