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All of Apolonia

Apolonia worries that her birthday party featuring Mexican food and wheelchair basketball will be too different, but her Mamá encourages her to celebrate her unique culture and abilities.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cisneros Prevo, Patty (Author)
Other Authors:	Ortega, Mirelle (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2026.
Subjects:	Birthdays > Juvenile fiction. Parties > Juvenile fiction. Wheelchair basketball > Juvenile fiction. People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction. Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	Apolonia worries that her birthday party featuring Mexican food and wheelchair basketball will be too different, but her Mamá encourages her to celebrate her unique culture and abilities.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Audience:	Ages 4-8
ISBN:	9781419772849 1419772848
Author Notes:	Three-time Paralympian Patty Cisneros Prevo was a member of the U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team for 10 years. As captain in 2008, she led Team USA to its second consecutive gold medal after winning gold in 2004. In 2021, Cisneros Prevo was appointed to the Congressional Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics & Paralympics. Cisneros Prevo's first picture book, Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes , focuses on 15 individuals with physical disabilities and their major life and athletic accomplishments. Mirelle Ortega is a Mexican storyteller and author-illustrator of River of Mariposas and Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land , for which she received a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor. She now lives in Los Angeles, California.