Jorge Argueta Multicultural Children's Book Author

Jorge Argueta

photo credit: Teresa Kennett

Author Biography

My name is Jorge Argueta. I was born in El Salvador. My family owned a tiny restaurant known for its delicious food. The restaurant was located in front of a bus terminal where the drivers used to bring people from the capital, San Salvador and from all over.
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Influences

My grandmother, my mother and father, our beloved Mother Earth

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Jorge Argueta's Blog

The Kennedy Center's Thirteenth Annual Multicultural Children's Book Festival
October 29, 2008
- I will be appearing this Saturday The Kennedy Center's Thirteenth Annual Multicultural Children's Book Festival! The Kennedy Center invites all children, parents, and educators to the thirteenth anniversary year of the annual free Multicultural Children's Book Festival and to celebrate Family Literacy Day on Saturday, November 1, from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. on the Roof Level, in the Atrium, ...
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Dos/Two
January 10, 2008
- A few weeks ago, I started writing a children's book, this one, like most of my books, deals with immigrant issues, and I called it "Dos/Two". The story is about a couple who come to the United States illegally, their son Oscar, is born here, so he is a US citizen; the parents continue to be "illegal citizens". In my way of seeing, no human being is illegal. If we were to ...
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