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él/he | Author ✍🏼 Casting Director 🗂️ Theatre Director 🎭 | 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 | Rep’d by Leah Pierre of Ladderbird Literary Agency KINDNESS GROWS IN THE DARK-Barefoot Books-Spring 2026 gamavalle.com

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Jul 7

So excited to be part of the 2026 @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social! 🎉 Check out all the amazing (and FREE) sessions perfect for Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month! #LatinxKidLit #LKBF26 #kidlit

Poster announcing the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Storytime entitled Choosing Kindness that goes live on September first. A virtual event were Gama Valle and Monica Roja will talk about their work.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· May 15

Thank you to the @ala-booklist.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of KINDNESS GLOWS IN THE DARK 💚🙏🏼 OUT 6/2 - 🎉 - preorder now 😁 (hardcover & paperback) Bilingual edition (EN/SP) -🇵🇷- (paperback) The @barefootbooks.bsky.social team rocks! #kidlit

"A layered story set in Puerto Rico that emphasizes the values of kindness and community."

"The text conveys complicated emotions ... and highlights how kindness can foster love, respect, and belonging.”

"Astacio's vibrant ... illustrations depict Puerto Rico's landscapes with childlike innocence"

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· May 8

Thank you to the @slj.com for this generous review! 💚 We’re so happy that folks are seeing the love and care we poured into this book. 🤗 Kindness Glows in the Dark - OUT 6/2 - hardback & paperback editions Bilingual (EN/SP) available as well @barefootbooks.bsky.social #kidlit

* "A striking book with incredible, unique illustrations
that is a great addition to any collection"
Kindness GloWS in the Dark
words by
GAMA VALLE
art by
MRINALI ÁLVAREZ ASTACIO

"This sweet story is diverse, spotlighting life in a country with its unique fireflylike insect, the
cucubano, as well as native fruits and characters with varied shares of skin color and abilities. The story emphasizes caring for others in one's
community, with a text that is enhanced by helpful same-page pronunciation guides. The
supplementary text at the end provides extra detail about Puerto Rico, which makes Valle's story even more meaningful."

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Apr 24

OUT NOW! Take a listen to our Bilingual Book Buddies episode and let us know what you think. 😃  A jarful of thanks to Alicia, Claudia and Silvia for inviting us to talk about our careers and our book. We had a lovely time!  Kindness Glows in the Dark publishes on June 2. Pre-order now!  Link in bio!

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Aug 4

Some of the book I read in July! #books #kidlit

A grid showing the covers of some of the books I read in July 2025

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Jul 23

DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT - I’m excited to finally be able to share the news with all of you! KINDNESS GLOWS IN THE DARK - Spring 2026 This special story is coming to life with the help of Barefoot Books’ fabulous team and thanks to Mrinali Álvarez Astacio’s artistry. What an immense honor! #kidlit

Deal announcement- Autumn Allen at Barefoot Books has acquired world rights to Kindness Glows in the Dark by Gama Valle (I.), illustrated by Mrinali Álvarez Astacio; Autumn Allen and Bree Reyes will edit. In rural Puerto Rico, Nube and Kamil are friends, but when Nube discovers that Kamil is stealing food from her family's garden and why, they both learn to be better neighbors. Publication is planned for spring
2026; Leah Pierre at Ladderbird Literary Agency represented the author, and Emily Keyes at Keyes Agency represented the illustrator.

Selfie of Mrinali and myself at LEE Encuentro

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Apr 9

It’s @broadwayworld.bsky.social official! We’re bringing LUCINE! OR BIRDSHIT: A HUMAN CONCERTO AND VOID to @joespub.bsky.social! I’m excited to be making my Joe’s Pub directorial debut with this insane piece. One night only! April 29 2025 - 7PM #joespub #nyctheatre #concerto #newyork

Broadwayworld announcement:

LUCINE! OR BIRDSHIT:
A HUMAN CONCERTO
WITH STRING &
VOID Makes Joe's Pub
Debut In April
LUCINE! or birdshit: a human concerto with string & void will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.

On Tuesday, April 29 at 7PM, Joe's Pub at The Public Theater will present LUCINE! or birdshit: a human concerto with string & void, an experimental new work by Christian De Gré Cárdenas, a theatrical provocateur whose hybrid operettas and human concertos challenge convention and sanity in equal measure.
Directed by Gama Valle and performed by Bethany Geraghty with cellist Eric Eaton, the piece unfolds as a dark comedic concerto for voice and cello-part theatrical aria, part emotional autopsy.
LUCINE! was awarded Best Play with Music at the 2024 New York City Fringe Festival where it was workshopped in April 2024.
The story moves through memory, regret, satire, and surrender as Lucine transforms into the people who shaped-and shattered-her: her undying mother Luna, her infuriatingly supportive husband Elio, her tender lover Rahuil, her sharp-edged daughter Solana, her overworked attendant Tuba, and the ghost of a Confederate grandmother she never met. Each movement echoes a lunar phase, building a rhythm of renewal and disintegration.
The cello-Lucine's only companion on stage-becomes a proxy for the emotions she cannot voice. All of it unfolds two years and two days before the apocalypse-a countdown as personal as it is planetary.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Feb 25

Coco Jones keeps releasing bop after bop! #CocoJones #Taste

Screenshot of Deezer’s music player on iOS. Playing Taste by Coco Jones.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Jan 20

This is such an honor! (Even when they misgendered me. But I fixed it for y’all!) Thank you to the reviewing committee for selecting my book “Prohibido llorar” as one of the best children’s books published in Spanish in 2024. Congrats to all the authors, illustrators and translators! #kidlit

EL COMITÉ DE LIBROS INFANTILES DE
BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
LOS MEJORES LIBROS
INFANTILES DEL AÑO 2025
PARA LIBROS TRADUCIDOS O PUBLICADOS EN 2024

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COMMITTEE OF
BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
THE BEST CHILDREN'S
BOOKS
OF THE YEAR IN SPANISH
2025 EDITION

Screenshot of a document listing four books with their publishing info. My book PROHIBIDO LLORAR is the last one and it’s framed by a blue line.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Dec 16

Greetings from Puerto Rico!

Sunny, tropical landscape. Pictures a section of the Camuy River going into the Atlantic Ocean. There’s a person fishing in the distance.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Dec 3

A few of the books I read in November 2024. #kidlit #books

Collage of book covers summarizing my November 2024 reading list. Graphic generated by StoryGraph.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 22

Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp. So good! #kidlit

Picture of a copy of early reader graphic novel Bog Myrtle laying on a light brown table

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 22

🥸📚 Picture books I read on 11.22.24! #kidlit

Screenshot of my reading list on StoryGraph. It shows the three picture books I read on November 22 2024. From top to bottom: ALOHA EVERYTHING, GWENDOLYN AND THE LIGHT, THE STAR IN YOU

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 21

🤓📚 Picture books I read on 11/21/24. #kidlit

Screenshot of my StoryGraph read books section listing the picture books I read on November 21st. From top to bottom: Giddy Up, Unicorn!, The Goblin Twins: Too Hard to Scare and House Held Up by Trees.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 20

4) LEO’S FIRST VOTE! written by Christina Soontornvat and illustrated by Isabel Roxas. Dragonfly Books

Cover art for the picture books LEO’S FIRST VOTE!

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 20

3) NIEBLA escrito por Micaela Chirif e ilustrado por Carmen Cardemil. Editorial Amanuta

Cover art for the picture book in Spanish, NIEBLA (FOG)

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 20

2) MISSING MOMMA written by Winsome Bingham and illustrated Rahele Jomepour Bell. Abrams Books for Young Readers

Cover art for the picture book MISSING MOMMA.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 20

Picture books read on 11.20.24! 1) TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS written by @stephenbriseno.bsky.social and illustrated by Sonia Sánchez. Random House Studio

Cover art for the picture book TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 20

This topic has really jogged my memory! Other books I loved as a kid were Mafalda’s and Tintín’s. #kidlitchat

An illustration of Quino’s famous character MAFALDA

Cover for a Spanish translation of the Adventures of Tintín

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 20

Oh, wow, it’s really hard to think that far back, but I do remember these two books left a mark in me when I was a kid. To this day, I treasure them. They lit up my imagination. #kidlitchat

Cover for the Torre de Papel edition of LA TARDE DE LOS ELFOS

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 18

We’re bringing the #MerryChristmas30 festivities to Bluesky as well! #MariahCarey #TheQueenOfChristmas

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 17

🎦 BRB Watching MEET ME NEXT CHRISTMAS!

Movie poster for Netflix’s Christmas romcom Meet Me Next Christmas

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 16

BRB Watching HOT FROSTY on Netflix!

Poster for Netflix’s Christmas movie HOT FROSTY

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 16

I love that @bsky.app gives you options to customize your app appearance! Hope they add more (free 😉) options in the future. Have you explore this section of the app?

screenshot of my Bluesky appearance settings

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Nov 10

Some of the books I read or finished reading in October 2024! I really like this @thestorygraph.com feature!

Collage generated by the app Story Graph that shows the covers for some of the books I read in October 2024

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Oct 20

Ready to read I WANT TO READ ALL THE BOOKS by @debbieohi.com 🤩 #kidlit

Picture of an e-book copy of the picture book I Want to Read All the Books. Trees and buildings in the background.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Oct 2

Thank you to the Junior Library Guild for mailing my certificate! This is an enormous honor. 🥳 PROHIBIDO LLORAR is a JLG Gold Standard Selection. This wouldn’t have been possible without the endless support of Editorial Destellos & Lorenzo Sangiò’s heartwarming illustrations. #kidlit

Me holding the JLG certificate beside a stack of books places in front of lilac and yellow mums

A stack of books and the JLG certificate standing in front of lilac and yellow mums

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Sep 19

Ohhh look at that number! Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #885,948!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #885,948, Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub ‪@gamavalle.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 6, 2023"

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Jul 14

Book launch/signing in Puerto Rico! A dream come true. 💚🇵🇷💚

Me signing a copy of my picture book PROHIBIDO LLORAR.

Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub@gamavalle· Jul 4