Luisita travels/Luisita va de viaje tells the story of Luisita and her family going on vacation. She discovers many new things and is very excited about meeting her family’s friends. Luisita learns how people with disabilities live. Luisita travles/Luisita va de viaje relata la historia del viaje de Luisita y su familia. Ella descubre muchas cosas nuevas y está entusiasmada en conocer a los amigos de su familia. Luisita aprende cómo viven las personas con discapacidad.
About the Author: Dora Przybylek
Dora Przybylek es una autora narradora, poeta y guionista peruana. Actualmente reside en Nueva York. Su primera novela, Luna llena. Cabalgando sin riendas, mereció tres premios en el International Latino Book Awards en 2009, por Best Novel Adventure or Drama Spanish or Bilingual; Best Novel Romance Spanish or Bilingual, y Best First Book Spanish. Luque 687. Visitas al ayer, su segunda novela, obtuvo una mención de honor en el International Latino Book Awards en 2014. Asimismo, su poesía ha ganado diversas menciones de honor en el Instituto Cultural Latinoamericano en Buenos Aires. Textos suyos aparecen en la Antología de Poemas de 2009, 2013, 2018. El guión para cine Junto al río fue finalista en el Book to Movie Awards que se celebró en la ciudad de Los Angeles en 2015. Su serie Luisita ha recibido varios premios en el International Latino Book Awards de 2017 y 2018. Luisita is sick/Luisita está enferma trata sobre cáncer. Esta obra ha merecido varios premios internacionales y una entrevista en Univisión en abril de 2018. La autora, a menudo firma bajo el seudónimo Carmela Escobar. Dora Przybylek is a storyteller, poet and screenwriter who currently lives in New York. Her first novel, Luna llena. Cabalgando sin riendas, won three awards at the 2009 International Latino Book Awards, for Best Novel Adventure or Drama Spanish or Bilingual, Best Novel Romance Spanish or Bilingual, and Best First Book Spanish. Her second novel, Luque 687. Visitas al ayer, received an honorary mention at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards. Her poetry has also received several honorary mentions by the Instituto Cultural Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires. Her poems are included in the 2009, 2013, 2018 Antología de Poemas. Her screenplay for film Junto al río was a finalist at the 2015 Book to Movie Awards, held in Los Angeles. Her series Luisita has received several awards at the 2017 and 2018 International Latino Book Awards. Luisita is sick/Luisita está enferma talks about cancer. This book has received a few international awards and an interview by Univision in April 2018. The autor often writes under the pen name Carmela Escobar.
Luisita, who was playing with her dolls heard that and asked “Where is LA? I thought we were going to Los Angeles!” Her parents laughed. They explained to her that LA stood for Los Angeles! –“L” for “Los” and “A” for “Angeles”. She laughed with them. Luisita thought that was hilarious. Luisita estaba jugando con sus muñecas cuando escuchó lo que sus padres decían y preguntó “Dónde está LA? Pensé que íbamos a Los Angeles!” Los padres de Luisita rieron. Le explicaron que LA quería decir Los Angeles! – “L” de “Los” y “A” de “Angeles”. Rieron todos juntos. Luisita pensó que eso era muy gracioso. And the surprise was more when she realized that Steve didn’t have legs and that he had to be pushed in a wheelchair. She didn’t say anything but had many questions that she thought to ask her parents later. When Luisita looked behind Steve’s wheelchair, she noticed a little boy pushing the chair. She thought “it’s so hard to live without legs. I wonder if it hurts”. She thought to ask Steve and she did. Steve told her that once, long ago, it used to hurt but no longer hurts. He also told her it was hard to get used to do things at first, but he became stronger every day and with good friends and family everything is always easier. Luisita was so happy to hear what Steve told her.
