page_title: Yuyi Morales
hierarchical_section_title: Yuyi Morales
caption_attribution_description: English: Author Yuyi Morales at the 2016 Texas Book Festival.
context_page_description: Yuyi Morales is an author and illustrator of many notable and award-winning children's books. Some of her most famous books include Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, Little Night, and Viva Frida, which received the 2015 Pura Belpre Medal for illustration as well as the 2015 Caldecott Award Honor. Morales is the first Latina to receive the prestigious Caldecott Award.
context_section_description: Yuyi Morales (born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico on November 7, 1968) is an author and illustrator of many notable and award-winning children's books.  Some of her most famous books include  Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, Little Night, and Viva Frida, which received the 2015 Pura Belpre Medal for illustration as well as the 2015 Caldecott Award Honor. Morales is the  first Latina to receive the prestigious Caldecott Award.
caption: Morales at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
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