![]() During that time I read everything I could find about the godfather of salsa. I had the great opportunity to create the Latin Music Legend stamp celebrating Tito Puente for the United States Postal Service. ![]() Reuniting to tell the story of Mambo King Tito Puente has been exciting and in the book trailer we hoped to create a sense of the dance between a writer and artist as the words and images comingle. When our initial efforts were recognized it solidified our friendship and launched two new careers in the world of children books. As you can imagine we put so much passion and effort into it and then we got to actually meet each other at the Pura Belpré honor and Americas Award celebrations. Together we published our very first children's book back in 2004, My Name is Celia/Me Llamo Celia. ![]() It was serious fun filming this video book trailer for Tito Puente Mambo King/Rey del Mambo at my loft/studio with author Monica Brown. ![]()
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