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Bilingual Meet the Author Maritere Bellas
November 16, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
(TIMES:12pm (English) and 2:30pm (Spanish)
Join us for a bilingual storytime with award-winning author Maritere Bellas, featuring her book Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English.
Families will enjoy a story that celebrates culture, language, and connection. Join us for a Storytime, hands-on activities, and the chance to purchase your book and get it signed by author Maritere Bellas.
Activities and times subject to change. ⚠️
About the Play Partner:
Maritere R. Bellas is a Puerto Rican award-winning author, speaker, writer, podcast host and bilingual and multicultural parenting mentor. For over two decades, she has provided education, information, resources and support to families engaging in a multilingual, multicultural lifestyle. She is the creator and co-host of the Mamás 411 Podcast, listened to in 27 countries, and co-host of the Hablemos Bilingual IG Live series.
Maritere is the author of two parenting books, Raising Bilingual Children/Cómo Criar Niños Bilingues (2014) and Arroz con Pollo and Apple Pie:Raising Bicultural Children (2016), and three bilingual children’s books, including Luisito’s Island/La Isla de Luisito (2018), I Have a Secret/Tengo un Secreto (2020), and Tío Ricky Doesn’t Speak English/Tío Ricky no habla inglés (2025).
Her work has appeared in Huffington Post, HipLatina, Siempre Mujer, La Opinión and others, and she is featured regularly on Univision and Telemundo. Her expertise has been highlighted by The Tamron Hall Show on ABC, VoyageLA, Feedspot, Telemundo Mujeres Imparables and MiTu, among others.
Blog – MaritereRodriguezBellas.com
Author – Arroz con Pollo & Apple Pie: Raising Bicultural Children
Raising Bilingual Children | Luisito’s Island/La Isla de Luisito | I have a secret / Tengo un secreto
Featured in – HuffPost / HipLatina / Mamas Por El Mundo / Multicultural Kids Blog / Dual Language Schools
Podcast – Mamás 411 Podcast