Un adiós especial

Mei se entristece al enterarse que sus padres deben cerrar su floristería debido al
aumento del alquiler. No le parece justo a Mei. Su familia trabajaba muy duro todos los
días en la tienda, ¿y para qué? Con la ayuda de sus amigos, Mei descubre cuánto
significaba su pequeña floristería para todos en el vecindario.

SAMANTHA THORNHILL is a poet, educator, and author of children's books, including her most recent publication, A Card for My Father. Her work has been published in over two dozen literary journals and anthologies. She has taught poetry to acting students at the Juilliard School and creative writing seminars at the Bronx Academy of Letters. She also facilitates workshops for the Dialogue Arts Project, which ventures into professional settings and uses creative writing as a tool to navigate uncomfortable discussions about social identity. Samantha is a native of the twin island nation of Trinidad & Tobago and lives in Brooklyn, NY.    

Shirley Ng-Benitez loves to draw! Since 1998 she has owned gabbyandco.com, a design firm, and is now living her dream illustrating and writing picture books in the Bay Area, California.