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Hi! Deb Gonzales here.

I create quality, affordable, project-specific, supplemental materials connecting people with literature. As an educator and fellow author, I am skilled in navigating the needs of the educational and literary worlds.

The intent of this website is to showcase the incredible projects I've been privileged to participate in. Please contact me if you have any questions or desire to discuss a project you'd like to partner with. 

My debut picture book Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records (Charlesbridge, 2019) is the tenacious history of the female athlete from the first Olympic Games to present day, including the passage of Title IX.

Stop by Deb's Author Website

Stop by Deb's Author Website

WNDB: Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps by Charlotte Sherman

WNDB: Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps by Charlotte Sherman

Guides by Deb – Keeping your books in the hearts of young readers and in the hands of those who care for them.

Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps

Written by Charlotte Sherman
Illustrated by Geneva Bowers

Published by Astra Young Readers

ISBN: 978-1635923100

Synopsis: Kenzie turns her fierce love for the ocean into action, resourcefully cleaning up the beach after her mermaid-tail swimsuit tangles in floating plastic bags.

When Kenzie slips on her mermaid tail, she becomes Mermaid Kenzie, protector of the deeps. One day as Kenzie snorkels around a shipwreck, she discovers more plastic bags than fish. Grabbing her spear and mermaid net, she begins to clean up the water and the shore--inspiring other kids to help.

Beautifully written in African American Vernacular English, this poetic picture book includes back matter with information about how plastic winds up in our oceans and examples of people--some of them kids, like Kenzie--who have worked to protect the sea. Mermaid Kenzie celebrates the ways that all of us, no matter how small, can make a difference.


WNDB: A History of Me by Adrea Theodore

WNDB: A History of Me by Adrea Theodore

WHAT’S THIS TAIL SAYING?

WHAT’S THIS TAIL SAYING?