To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month,
The Foundation is thrilled to bring you this exciting author visit:
Meet Hilda Eunice Burgos,
author of the award-winning children's book,
The Cot in the Living Room!
ABOUT THE COT IN THE LIVING ROOM
Released in June 2021 by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House, The Cot in the Living Room is the story of a young Dominican American girl in New York City who moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift.
Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who’s boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes, and it’s finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn’t all she thought it would be.
With charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos and whimsical illustrations by Gaby D’Alessandro, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else’s pillow.
Released in June 2021 by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House, The Cot in the Living Room is the story of a young Dominican American girl in New York City who moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work the overnight shift.
Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who’s boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes, and it’s finally her chance! But as it turns out, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn’t all she thought it would be.
With charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos and whimsical illustrations by Gaby D’Alessandro, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else’s pillow.
Hilda Eunice Burgos is the author of the middle-grade novels Ana María Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle and Miosotis Flores Never Forgets and the picture book The Cot in the Living Room. The daughter of Dominican immigrants, she lives with her family near Philadelphia, where she works as an environmental lawyer. Please visit her website at hildaeuniceburgos.com.
Schedule:
10/2: Morse Student Assembly
10/2 @6pm: Sleepy Hollow Bookshop, 95 Beekman Ave
families of students K-5th grade welcome!
10/3: Washington Irving Student Assembly
