Dora Przybylek’s Bilingual Children’s Book “Luisita is Sick” Provides Important Lessons About Cancer

“Luisita is Sick/Luisita está Enferma” by Dora Przybylek is a children’s book that follows a little girl named Luisita as she fights cancer. Luisita feels too tired to run and play with her friends. Her mom takes her to the doctor, and that’s when she learns that she has cancer. With this, Luisita follows several treatments. She is very patient as she learns a lot from her doctors, nurses, and friends.

The story is told in English and Spanish, thus allowing a two-way learning of the English and Spanish languages and offering unique and diverse storytelling. The English passage is translated into Spanish on the other page, allowing readers to learn the English or Spanish translation of Luisita’s story.

Dora Przybylek is an award-winning author whose books are acclaimed by book-awarding bodies. Her other books share Luisita’s other adventures, such as:

• “Luisita and COVID-19/Luisita y la COVID-19”
• “Luisita’s Dream/Luisita Sueña”
• “Luisita Recycles/Luisita Recicla”
• “Luisita Travels/Luisita Viaja”
• “Luisita and War/Luisita y la Guerra”
• “Luisita Rides Her Bike/Luisita Monta en Bicicleta”
• “Luisita cooks/Luisita Cocina.”

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Readers can get a copy of Dora Przybylek’s “Luisita is Sick/Luisita está Enferma” on Amazon. To learn more about the author and the titles under her name, visit www.doraprzybylek.com.

Author’s Biography:

Dora Przybylek is a storyteller, a Peruvian poet, and a 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: Best Novel/Adventure/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 many awards.

Her children’s books, part of the Luisita Series, have received several awards, including the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 International Latino Book Awards. Her titles include topics such as cancer in children, COVID-19, people with disabilities, recycling, and children and war.

“Luisita is Sick/Luisita está Enferma”
Author: Dora Przybylek
Genre: Bilingual (English and Spanish) Children’s Book
Publisher: Laredo Publishing
Published Date: 2018

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