Susie Jaramillo Picture Book Story Time: Children’s Fiction

Susie Jaramillo serves as the president and chief creative officer of Encantos, an entertainment-driven ed-tech company creating direct-to-learner family brands for kids and parents. She is also the creator of Canticos, the Emmy-nominated Latino-inspired bilingual nursery rhyme series launched in 2016, and the author/illustrator of more than 20 children’s books. In Skeletina and the In-Between World (Roaring Brook Press), readers meet the title character, a fun-loving and fearless little girl who lives in the in-between world with her friends – who include monsters, creatures, ghosts, and more. In their upside-down, inside-out, in-between world, the living come to visit when they’re fast asleep and the dead hang out when they have unfinished business. And when children come to visit to confront their fears or see a loved one who has recently left the world of the living, Skeletina is there to guide them. Inspired by Mexican culture, Skeletina is the first book in a series that combines kooky characters and a spooky story with important and resonant themes about empathy, bravery, self-esteem, and the enduring power of love.