
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Author · 31 books
Pam Muñoz Ryan is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, ECHO, a 2016 Newbery Honor Book, and winner of the Kirkus Prize. She has written over forty books for young people—picture books, early readers, and middle grade and young adult novels. She the author recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, the Willa Cather Award, the Pura Belpré medal, the PEN USA award, and many others. Her novels include Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, Becoming Naomi León, Paint the Wind, The Dreamer, and Echo. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, holds a bachelor's and master's degree from San Diego State University and lives in north San Diego county with her family.
Books

Solimar
The Sword of the Monarchs
2022

Tony Baloney Buddy Trouble
2014

How Do You Raise a Raisin?
2003

TONY BALONEY
2011

A Pinky is a Baby Mouse
1900

The Crayon Counting Board Book
1996

The Flag We Love
1996

Paint the Wind
2007

Cornelia and the Great Snake Escape
2010

Tony Baloney Yo Ho Ho, Halloween!
1739

Tony Baloney
Pen Pal
2014

A Little Bit Super
With Small Powers Come Big Problems
2024

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
1999

Riding Freedom
1998

Tony Baloney
School Rules
2012

Hope Wins
2022

One Hundred Is a Family
1996

A Box of Friends
2002

Esperanza Rising
2000

Echo
2015

There Was No Snow on Christmas Eve
2005

Mañanaland
2020

Mud Is Cake
2002

When Marian Sang
2002

Mice and Beans
2001

Armadillos Sleep in Dugouts
And Other Places Animals Live
1997

The Dreamer
2010

Our California
2008

Nacho y Lolita
2005

Becoming Naomi León
2004

Hello Ocean
2001