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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A collective of writers called Las Musas recently held its first online book festival celebrating Latinx children s literature. NPR s Mandalit del Barco offers a peek.
MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: The two-day virtual Latinx Kidlit Festival featured more than 140 authors and illustrators who answered questions from children around the world.
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UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #2: Tell us about your character.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #3: How long does it usually take you to write a book?
DEL BARCO: In one panel, Mexican writer and illustrator Flavia Zorrilla Drago talked about her first picture book, Gustavo The Shy Ghost.
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