Jenny Alvarado
Award-Winning Author and Illustrator of children's books and graphic novels
About Jenny
Jenny Alvarado is an award-winning author and illustrator of numerous titles from picture books to graphic novels. Among these is the four-time Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Pencil & Eraser early reader graphic novel series which includes the 2025 Children’s Book Council Children’s Favorite Winner, Pencil & Eraser: We Have A Dull-emma!; and the 2025 Good Housekeeping Kids Book Award Winner, Pencil & Eraser: Lost & Frown! Her picture book titles consist of the 2025 Children’s Book Council Teacher Favorites Winner, Agent Unicorn; and Florida Book Award winner, Fridays Are For Churros. The Spanish version of which, Los Viernes Comemos Churros (translated by Ana Izquierdo), is on the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2025. Her books can also be found on state reading lists, including 2025 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award (Pencil & Eraser: We Have A Dull-emma!), 2025 Missouri Denny O'neil Graphic Novel List (Pencil & Eraser: We Have A Dull-emma!), 2026 Texas Little Maverick Reading List Selection (Pencil & Eraser: We Have A Dull-emma!) , 2026-27 Tejas Star Reading List (Los Viernes Comemos Churros), and 2026-2027 VA Reads Book List (Fridays Are For Churros) Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Jenny currently resides on the Space Coast of Florida with her family. When she’s not working on books, she can be found volunteering at her son’s school or trying to convince her cat not to sit on her latest craft. She loves sharing her love of books with schools and the community. She believes everyone is able to create something special and hopes to inspire others to be creative.
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