User:JKizzieHumanities/Anika Aldamuy Denise

Anika Aldamuy Denise is an acclaimed children's author from Rhode Island.

Denise grew up in Forest Hills, New York. She was encouraged by author Patricia Lee Gauch to write. Denise's work is sometimes illustrated by her husband, artist Christopher Denise.

Denise's children's book about Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré was selected by the New York Public Library for Best Books of 2019 for Kids, and won an Author Honor Book Award from the American Library Association.