Reviews
- A positive review of The Prince & the Coyote appeared in the November 2023 number of the Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books.
- School Library Review gave The Prince & the Coyote a starred review on October 6, 2023.
- BookPage gave The Prince & the Coyote a starred review in their October 2023 number.
- Publishers Weekly gave The Prince & the Coyote a positive review on July 20, 2023.
- Kirkus gave The Prince & the Coyote a starred review on July 13, 2023.
- Booklist gave a starred review to Secret of the Moon Conch in their June 2023 number.
- A positive review of Secret of the Moon Conch appeared in the June 2023 number of the Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books.
- A positive review of Ancient Night appeared in the March 2023 number of the Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books.
- Publishers Weekly gave Secret of the Moon Conch a positive review on April 27, 2023
- Foreword Reviews gave Ancient Night a starred review in their March / April 2023 edition.
- The Horn Book gave Ancient Night a starred review in their March / April 2023 edition.
- BookPage gave Ancient Night a starred review on February 25, 2023.
- Publishers Weekly gave Ancient Night a starred review on February 1, 2023.
- Shelf Awareness gave Ancient Night a positive review on January 25, 2023.
- School Library Journal gave Ancient Night a starred review on January 1, 2023.
- Kirkus gave Ancient Night a starred review on December 24, 2022.
- School Library Journal gave They Call Her Fregona a starred review in the September 2022 issue.
- Kirkus gave They Call Her Fregona a starred review on July 13, 2022.
- Latinx Spaces published a very positive review by Matthew David Goodwin of The Witch Owl Parliament on November 17, 2021.
- The New York Times discussed My Two Border Towns in an article on four books that that stand out for “Picturing the Power of Community.”
- Publishers Weekly gave a positive review to my YA graphic novel The Witch Owl Parliament.
- De Colores called My Two Border Towns “highly recommended” in a review posted September 13, 2021.
- Nawal Qarooni Casiano wrote a lovely article on My Two Border Towns for We Need Diverse Books on September 7, 2021.
- Booklist gave a starred review to the Spanish version of my debut picture book Mis dos pueblos fronterizos (illustrated by Erika Mesa) in their August 2021 number.
- Publishers Weekly gave a starred review to my debut picture book My Two Border Towns (illustrated by Erika Meza) in their June 21, 2021 number.
- De Colores gave Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky a positive review on June 9, 2021.
- The Horn Book gave a starred review to my debut picture book My Two Border Towns (illustrated by Erika Meza) in their July/August 2021 number.
- School Library Journal gave a starred review to my translation of The Sea-Ringed World.
- Audio File gave the audiobook of The Sea-Ringed World (narrated by me) a positive review in April of 2021.
- School Library Journal gave a starred review to my translation of The Immortal Boy on March 30, 2021.
- Shelf Awareness gave my translation of The Sea-Ringed World a positive review on March 2, 2021.
- De Colores gave books 1-4 of my 13th Street series a positive review on February 21, 2021
- The Washington Post gave my translation of The Sea-Ringed World a positive review on February 19, 2021.
- The New York Times Book Review gave my translation of The Sea-Ringed World a positive review on February 19, 2021 (in print February 21).
- The Horn Book gave a starred review to my translation of The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas in their March/April 2021 number
- Booklist gave a starred review to my translation of The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas in their January 2021 number.
- A positive review of The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas appeared in the January 2021 number of the Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books.
- Kirkus gave my translation of The Immortal Boy a positive review on January 12, 2021.
- Publishers Weekly gave my translation of The Immortal Boy a positive review on January 8, 2021.
- De Colores gave Rise of the Halfling King a positive review on January 7, 2021.
- Library Journal gave my translation of The Route of Ice and Salt a positive review on January 1, 2021.
- Kirkus gave my translation of The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas a starred review on December 24, 2020.
- Publishers Weekly gave my translation of The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas a starred review in December 2020.
- The New York Times Book Review gave Rise of the Halfling King a positive review on December 5, 2020 (in print December 13).
- Latinxs in Kid Lit gave Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats a positive review on November 2, 2020.
- A positive review of Rise of the Halfling King appeared in the September 2020 number of the Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books.
- School Library Journal gave a positive review to Rise of the Halfling King on September 1, 2020.
- De Colores gave The Smoking Mirror a positive review on October 21, 2020.
- Publishers Weekly reviewed Rise of the Halfling King on September 18, 2020.
- Kirkus gave Rise of the Halfling King a starred review on June 3, 2020.
- School Library Journal gave a positive review to Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats on May 1, 2020.
- Kirkus posted a positive review of Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats on April 7, 2020.
- De Colores posted a positive review of The Chupacabras of the Río Grande on March 23, 2020.
- Publishers Weekly gave They Call Me Güero a starred review on May 3, 2019.
- Ernest Hogan reviewed Lords of the Earth for La Bloga.
- Despina Durand reviewed Lords of the Earth for her blog.
- Dr. Cris Rhodes reviewed The Hidden City for Latinx in Kid Lit on February 28, 2019.
- Dr. Cris Rhodes reviewed A Kingdom Beneath the Waves for Latinx in Kid Lit on February 27, 2019.
- The Horn Book has a great review of They Call Me Güero.
- De Colores reviewed They Call Me Güero on December 2, 2018.
- The Horn Book recommended Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky in November 2018.
- Shelf Awareness posted a review of They Call Me Güero on 11-9-18
- School Library Journal gave They Call Me Güero a starred review on 9-29-18
- Boricua Reads reviewed They Call Me Güero on 9-11-18
- Gabino Iglesias reviewed They Call Me Güero for Pank Magazine on August 12, 2018
- Kirkus released their review of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems online on August 1, 2018.
- School Library Journal gave Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico a starred review on July 5, 2018.
- A review of Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky appeared at the Reading Style Guide blog.
- La Bloga reviewed Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky on May 8, 2018.
- A review of Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky appeared in World Literature Today.
- Kirkus gave Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky a starred review on April 3, 2018
- A review by Shane Douglas Kane of Chupacabra Vengeance appeared in Hellnotes.
- A review of Chupacabra Vengeance appeared at This Is Horror.
- A review of The Smoking Mirror appeared in the journal Language Arts, Volume 94, Number 3, in January 2017.
- A review of Chupacabra Vengeance appeared at Dead End Follies.
- A review of my short story “Winds That Stir Vermilion Sands” is up at Quick Sip Reviews.
- A review by Shane Douglas Keene of Lords of the Earth appeared in Hellnotes.
- A review of the The Smoking Mirror appeared in Christian Library Journal Volume XX, No. 2
- A review of The Smoking Mirror appeared on the Rich in Color blog on April 29, 2016.
- A review of The Smoking Mirror appeared in the San Antonio Express News on April 24, 2016.
- A review of A Kingdom Beneath the Waves appeared on La Bloga on April 14, 2016.
- A review by Gabino Iglesias of Border Lore appeared in Verbicide Magazine.
- A brief review of The Smoking Mirror has appeared in issue 53.3-2015 of Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature.
- Tangent reviewed Apex Magazine #72, including my “Wildcat”
- Locus Online reviewed May short fiction, including my “Wildcat”
- Quick Sip Reviews took a look at Apex Magazine #72, including my short story “Wildcat”
- A review of The Smoking Mirror appeared on La Bloga on April 16, 2015
- A brief review of Shattering and Bricolage by Roberto Bonazzi appeared in the March 29, 2015 San Antonio Express-News
- 2005 Texas Poet Laureate Alan Birkelbach reviewed Flower, Song, Dance for American Book Review
- Editorial in The Monitor on my Monsters and Mysteries in American appearance
- Editorial on Creature Feature in The Monitor
- Review of Flower, Song, Dance in the Winter 2014 edition of the journal Pleiades
- Review of Mexican Bestiary by Jason Henderson, author of the Alex Van Helsing series
- Article on the launch of Mexican Bestiary from the Pan-American