Large tree, with left side showing no leaves at daytime and right side showing leaves at nighttime.
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Lulu Delacre, Illustration for Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees by Lulu Delacre (Candlewick Press). © 2023 Lulu Delacre.

Earth Month Bilingual Storytime: Lulu Delacre

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For Families
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Free with Museum admission

Which is the tallest tree in the world? Which one the heaviest? How can a tree have bark like a rainbow? Is there really a tree that goes back to the time of the dinosaurs? Do trees talk to each other? Which one is your favorite tree? Why trees?

Find the answers to these questions as author Lulu Delacre reveals some cool facts about trees as she reads Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees. Also available as Verde fresco: Árboles asombrosos y extraordinarios. Following storytime, Lulu will invite guests to brainstorm a new page for her book that celebrates their favorite tree.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

Who You'll Meet
Author and artist Lulu Delacre

Lulu Delacre

Bilingual author/illustrator Lulu Delacre was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Her books have won the Pura Belpré Honor, the Orbis Pictus Honor, and made the New York Time Bestseller List. Her titles include Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America, in print for over 30 years, and Us in Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos. She’s the illustrator of Turning Pages by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Delacre writes books that celebrate her Latino heritage and promote cultural diversity.
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A child sits on an adult's shoulders looking up at a big green forest of trees.

Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees

A child sits on an adult's shoulders looking up at a big green forest of trees.

Verde Fresco