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1/10/20

By John Parra / January 10, 2020 / Comments Off on 1/10/20

In conjunction with The Brooklyn Public Library, I’m proud to announce my NEW art exhibition ¡Mil Gracias!: The Art and Illustration of John Parra, starting Sat. Jan. 11th through Apr. 13th at The Bklyn Central Library/Youth Wing:, The exhibit features over forty select original works from my picture book career, celebrating stories, important heroes, and…

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12/27/19

By John Parra / December 27, 2019 / Comments Off on 12/27/19

Wishing you all the joy, hope and wonder of the holidays!

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10/18/19

By John Parra / October 18, 2019 / Comments Off on 10/18/19

Wonderful to be heading to take part of The Highlights Foundation amazing weekend workshop of drawing and storytelling with this all-star cast: James Ransome, Anna Raff, Jerry Pinkney, Lucy Cummins, and me…John Parra. 

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10/3/19

By John Parra / October 3, 2019 / Comments Off on 10/3/19

It’s been an amazing past few days starting with the Eric Carle Honors, a trip to the MET, hanging out with family, Pizza at Grimaldi’s in Brooklyn, seeing Hamilton on Broadway, author/artist panel at Books Of Wonder, passing Robert De Niro on the street, and finally the Global Citizens concert in Central Park with Queen,…

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9/15/19

By John Parra / September 14, 2019 / Comments Off on 9/15/19

What a great interview with author Miranda Paul discussing our new picture book: Little Libraries, Big Heroes. at the Children’s Book Podcast, hosted by the always awesome Matthew Winner.

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9/13/19

By John Parra / September 12, 2019 / Comments Off on 9/13/19

Big THANKS to Librarian’s Quest for such a fun and detailed look at: Little Libraries, Big Heroes. Both Miranda Paul (author) and I contributed to the interview with some Q&As.

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9/7/19

By John Parra / September 5, 2019 / Comments Off on 9/7/19

Hi everyone! I will be in New Jersey Saturday, Sept. 14th, reading and signing books at the Princeton Children’s Book Festival, from 10:30a-4p. This year I had the honor to create the festival’s poster image inspired by my recently illustrated book, Little Libraries, Big Heroes. The festival has an amazing list of 70+ authors and…

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9/4/19

By John Parra / September 5, 2019 / Comments Off on 9/4/19

Happy book birthday to: Little Libraries, Big Heroes! Order you copy now at: Amazon or Indiebound.

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9/3/19

By John Parra / September 3, 2019 / Comments Off on 9/3/19

In preparation for the release of: Little Libraries, Big Heroes, Sept 3, I had the pleasure to set up a NYC window display at Books Of Wonder with its own #LittleFreeLibrary

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8/29/19

By John Parra / August 30, 2019 / Comments Off on 8/29/19

I’m honored to be part of this year’s Carle Honors Art Auction benefit. You can bid now on a John Parra original: FRIDA PAINTS IN BED (acrylic on illustration board) used in the award-winning picture book: FRIDA KAHLO AND HER ANIMALITOS (2017) (written by Monica Brown).  The auction features original works of art donated by…

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