Award-winning bilingual children鈥檚 book author, Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, will be signing her latest book, 鈥淢iguel and the Amazing Alebrijes,鈥 which is a related adventure book for 鈥淐oco,鈥 along with other books in Nogales and 蜜柚直播.
The Disney-Pixar movie 鈥淐oco鈥 has brought in more than $82 million at the box office since Nov. 30.
鈥淭his is crazy wonderful,鈥 said Capin Rivera-Ashford of the movie鈥檚 success. 鈥淚 think this was an unexpected and unbelievable, positive and loving response.鈥
Capin Rivera-Ashford planned to return to Nogales Wednesday, Dec. 6, to sign books from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Nogales-Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, 123 W. Kino Park Place. That was her second signing in Nogales. During her first book signing in November, people waited in line all four hours. 鈥淲e ran out of books and I took orders,鈥 said Capin Rivera-Ashford who sold more than 200 books.
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In 蜜柚直播, she will be signing from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 15, and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 16 at Guillermo鈥檚 Double L Restaurant, 1830 S. Fourth Ave. On Dec. 17, she will autograph books from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Rincon Market, 2513 E. Sixth St.
Capin Rivera-Ashford, who grew up in Nogales and has lived in 蜜柚直播 nearly 30 years, collaborated on 鈥淢iguel and the Amazing Alebrijes鈥 with her son, Aar贸n Rivera-Ashford, of Los Angeles. He also wrote the read-along with CD for 鈥淐oco鈥 and Roni translated the book into Spanish. Roni also wrote the Spanish translation for the 鈥淐oco鈥 related adventure book 鈥淢iguel and the Grand Harmony鈥, written by Matt de la Pe帽a.
She will be selling the three books, plus three of her bilingual books, 鈥淢y Nana鈥檚 Remedies鈥, 鈥淢y Tata鈥檚 Remedies鈥 and 鈥淗ip, Hip, Hooray it鈥檚 Monsoon Day!鈥
鈥淢iguel and the Amazing Alebrijes鈥 and the 鈥淐oco鈥 read-along sell each for $7. The other four books sell each for $15.