The Cover Of Passing Pages By Sonia Sotomayor

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

After reaching the peak of her profession, the Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor addresses the dreamy girls in her new book Turning Pages: The Story of My Life (Penguin Young Readers) to tell them about the steps that changed her life and placed her in where you are today.

Illustrated by the Puerto Rican artist Lulu Delacre, the book that will go on sale in September is a window to the universe of the magistrate born in a social house in the Bronx neighborhood of New York, from which she arrived with great effort at the University from Yale, to the judiciary and later to be the first Latino member of the country's highest court.

Here, the 63-year-old judge tells us exclusively about her new children's book, which she presents the cover for the first time

Tell us about your new book and how the idea arose that it would become a children's play

-When I started thinking about creating a version of my adult book My Loved World for middle school readers, I realized that I also wanted to create a book for younger children that was more accessible to them. An illustrated book seemed like the perfect way to reach a younger generation. Both my illustrated book, Turning Pages, and my book for high school readers, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, will be published at the same time.

40 pages and so much to tell! What is the general message of the book and to whom is it dedicated?

- Turning pages is dedicated to my granny Mercedes, my mother Celina and all the women who have inspired me. The book recounts most of the important moments in my life and explains how the words in poetry, books, comics, newspapers, magazines, and documents have shaped my life. My hope is that children who read Turning Pages will feel the excitement that I have always felt reading and learning about the world and all its mysteries, surprises, and wonders.

Tell us about Lulu Delacre, the illustrator of the book. How was it selected? What is the link between the two?

-I wanted to work with an illustrator who would read my words and would know the images they invoked in my mind. Lulu's cultural background was similar to mine. She is from Argentine parents who raised her in Puerto Rico, but she has lived in the United States for a large part of her adult life. My editor, Jill Santopolo, introduced me to Lulu and her work, and Lulu's illustrations shone before my eyes.

Turning Pages: My Life Story will be available for sale on September 4.

Sonia Sotomayor

Born in the Bronx to a family of Puerto Rican origin, Sotomayor earned a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from Princeton University and graduated with a Juris Doctor from Yale University School of Law.

She then worked as an Assistant New York County District Attorney, then moved into the private sector as a trial attorney at the Pavia & Harcourt firm. In 1991, she was nominated by President George HW Bush and confirmed by the Senate as a judge of the Southern District Court of New York. In 1997, under the administration of President Bill Clinton, he ascended to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

It was President Barack Obama who nominated her in May 2009 to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. She is the author of the book Mi mundo adorado and The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor.

Lulu Delacre

Writes and illustrates children's books since 1980. Of Argentine parents, she was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She has received three honorable mentions Pura Belpré for her work. Her thirty-eight books include Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America; Us, in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos and ¡Olinguito, from A to Z! Discovering the cloud forest. Delacre has lectured internationally and has served as a jury for the National Book Award. His work has been exhibited in the Eric Carle Children's Album Art Museum, among other places.