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Serving as JUDGE for the 2018 OREGON BOOK AWARDS & the ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD for Children’s Literature

Approached by the STATE OF OREGON LITERARY ARTS to serve as a JUDGE in reviewing book submissions by publishers such as Scholastic Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Albert Whitman & Co., Atheneum Books for Young Readers, etc.  Submissions include children’s books, chapter books, and novels. It was a difficult task since there were so […]

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Posted on April 10th, 2018
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Aug 26

Lightkeepers to the Rescue! is named a Finalist in the Latino Books Into Movies Awards!

The 3rd Latino Books Into Movies Awards has just announced that Lightkeepers to the Rescue! is named a Finalist! The winners and awards will be presented on September 21, 201…
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Aug 26

Cosmopolitan Latina’s Deputy Editor Chooses There’s a Coqui in My Shoe! as a Favorite!

There’s a Coqui in My Shoe! is chosen as a favorite by Cosmopolitan Latina’s Deputy Editor, Corinne Griffith-Cole! What a blessing for our coqui book to be ment…
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Aug 26

Lightkeepers to the Rescue! receives Honorable Mention Award at the Hollywood Book Festival!

Wow! the Lord just continues to Amaze me! Lightkeepers to the Rescue! has received its 7th Award, the Hollywood Book Festival Award in the category of Children’s Pict…
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Aug 26

There’s a Coqui in My Shoe! is named as one of La Casa Azul Bookstore’s Best Sellers for 2012! And A big CONGRATULATIONS to Aurora Anaya-Cerda, Founder and Owner of La Casa Azul, who has recently been honored by the White House as a Crowdfunding “Champion of Change” and a Latino Bookstore Best Seller!

La Casa Azul Bookstore, East Harlem’s Local Independent Bookstore, names There’s a Coqui in My Shoe! as one of its Best Sellers for 2012! Bookstore Founder and…
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Aug 26

Lightkeepers to the Rescue! in Lehigh Valley’s Latino Espectacular Magazine!

Thank you Isa Pereyra, Chief Editor/CEO/President of Latino Espectacular Magazine for including our new book, Lightkeepers to the Rescue!, in your most recent issue! Als…
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Aug 26

El Boricua’s Yvonne Figueroa, Executive Editor, reviews Lightkeepers to the Rescue!

Lightkeepers to the Rescue! is another favorite of El Boricua’s. Thank you, Yvonne, for your fantastic *review of our new children’s book! *See page 10 for rev…
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Jun 30

El Nuevo Dia Newspaper Sums up Lightkeepers to the Rescue! Book Signing Event at El Yunque National Forest.

Thank you to El Nuevo Dia's own Rut N. Tellado for her great write up of Lightkeepers to the Rescue! in the children's section of El Nuevo Dia.
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Jun 21

El Portal Bookstore in El Yunque National Forest Holds Book Signing Event for Lightkeepers to the Rescue!

A successful book signing for Lightkeepers to the Rescue! was held at Puerto Rico’s premier eco-tourism location, El Yunque National Forest. It is the only tropical…
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Jun 17

Lightkeepers to the Rescue! shines at International Latino Book Awards and International Book Awards and New York Book Festival Awards!

On May 30, 2013 before a capacity crowd at the Instituto Cervantes in midtown Manhattan, the most important awards celebrating achievements in Latino literature were pres…
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Sep 24

Publisher Announces Release of Marisa’s New Children’s Book & Book Signing!

HOORAY! Our new children’s book, “Lightkeepers to the Rescue!” is finally here! Thank the Lord! I receive many inquiries asking, “When is the re…
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Marisa de Jesus Paolicelli was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and is of Puerto Rican descent. A graduate of Liberty High School, her hobbies and interests include art, theater, reading, writing, decorating, dancing, music, and volleyball. Marisa attended Northampton Area College, and she and her husband, Vincent E. Paolicelli, Jr. D.C., presently reside in Pennsylvania.
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