Published articles and interviews about Pat's work for young readers

Ada, Alma Flor. "Ventana a un rostro: Pat Mora," Cuentaquetecuento, Revista latinoamericana de literatura para niños y jovenes , San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Educativa San Judas Tadeo, 1998, pp. 109-113.

Barrera, Rosalinda. Profile: "Pat Mora, Fiction/Nonfiction, Writer and Poet," Language Arts, Vol. 75, No. 3, March 1998, pp. 221-227.

Butler, Shannon. “Interview with Pat Mora: Celebrating Diversity,” Utah English Journal, Vol. 36, 2008, pp.30-33.

Corsaro, Julie. "Talking with Pat Mora," Book Links, September 1997, pp. 25-29.

Day, Frances Ann. "Pat Mora," Latina and Latino Voices in Literature for Children and Teenagers," Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997, pp. 122-131.

"Featured Author/Illustrator," Yellow Brick Road, Cortland, NY: McMo Publications, Sept/Oct 2008, pp. 1-3.

Glass, Nick. "Meet the Author: Pat Mora," Library Sparks, Fort Atkinson, WI: Highsmith Inc., August/September 2008, pp. 30-33.

Hedlad, Alan (ed.), "Mora, Pat," Something About the Author, Farmington, MI: The Gale Group, Vol. 92, 1997.

Henderson, Darwin. "Listening to the Desert: A Conversation with Pat Mora," Ohio Journal of English Language Arts, Vol. 41, number 1, Fall 2000, pp. 12-17.

Hopkins, Lee Bennett, "A Poetry Workshop in Print: Pat Mora," Teaching Pre-K-8, January 2006, p. 61.

"An Interview with Pat Mora: The Reader and Writer," Journal of Children's Literature, A Journal of the Children's Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, Vol. 32, Number 2, Fall 2006, pp. 23-26.

Larson, Jeanette. "Talking with Pat Mora," Book Links, January 2011, pp. 23-26. (Thank you to Book Links for providing the pdf for use on this site.)

Marcovitz, Hal. Who Wrote That? Pat Mora. New York: Chelsea House, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7910-9528-7. [Book]

Munson, Sammye. "Pat Mora," Today's Tejano Heroes, Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 2000, pp. 40-45.

Peacock, Scot (ed.), "Mora, Pat," Something About the Author, Farmington, MI:The Gale Group, Vol. 134, 2003, pp. 110-118.

Perry, Phyllis J. "Capturing Magical Moments of the Desert Southwest: Author Extensions," Library Sparks, Fort Atkinson, WI: Highsmith Inc., August/September 2008, pp. 34-36.

Pilson, Brenda, "Poetry with a Mission: Promoting Positive Images of Latino Life Is Pat Mora's Goal," Creative Classroom, March/April, 1997, p. 22.

Rockman, Connie (ed.), "Mora, Pat," Eighth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators, New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 2000, pp. 377-379.

Rowlands, Kathleen Dudden, "The Influence of Pat Mora: How - and Why - Literacy Becomes Political," Children & Libraries, Spring 2007.

Versace, Candelora. "Pat Mora: Bringing the Latino Experience to Children's Literature," The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 6, 1996, p. D-5.

Wadham, Tim. "Spotlight on Pat Mora," Programming with Latino Children's Materials: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1999, pp. 48-50.

Wood, Jaime R., "Pat Mora," Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom, Urbana, Ill: National Council of Teachers of English, 2006, pp. 50-67.

Online articles and interviews

Pat was one of the featured children's book authors at the 10th Annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 2010 (photo, right.)
Listen to a Festival podcast featuring Pat and read an interview with her.

Interact podcast from Ingram Library Services, featuring Pat Mora and Raul Colón talking about Doña Flor.

Lee & Low Books has produced a video of Pat Mora where she talks about her writing and in particular, her book Yum! ¡Mmm! ¡Qué Rico! America's Sproutings.

"Meet Pat Mora." ¡Colorín Colorado! April 28 2007.; Conozca a Pat Mora." ¡Colorín Colorado! 28 April 2007.

Pereira, Aline. Interview with Pat Mora, at www.papertigers.org, April 2006.

Reading Rockets' video interview with Pat Mora.

Salas, Macarena. Interview with Pat Mora and Alba Ortiz, PhD, www.LasComadres.org,, April 2009. Salas interviews Pat and Dr. Ortiz, a professor at the University of Texas/Austin, about bilingual books and education, as well as Pat's Book Fiesta! This interview is one of a series of national teleconferences produced by Las Comadres Para Las Americas.

TeachingBooks.net interview , January 2008. Pat reflects on Día, her poetry, and multicultural literature.