Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors

Edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Aida Salazar

Contributions by Hilda E. Burgos, Veeda Bybee, Margarita Engle, Erin Entrada Kelly, Saadia Faruqi, Nikki Grimes, Naheed Hasnat, Leah Henderson, Mason J., Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Elise McMullen-Ciotti, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Emma Otheguy, Aida Salazar, Christina Soontornvat, Padma Venkatraman and Ibi Zoboi

About the Creator(s)

Aida Salazar is the author of the middle-grade verse novels The Moon Within and Land of the Cranes. She is a founding member of the Latinx kidlit author collective Las Musas. Aida Salazar lives with her family in Oakland, California.

Yamile Saied Méndez is the author of several children's books, including the picture book Where Are You From?, illustrated by Jaime Kim, and the young adult novel Furia, winner of a Pura Belpré Author Award. Her writing is also featured in several anthologies, including Take the Mic, Come On In, and Rural Voices. She lives with her family in Utah.