Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
And the winner is…Victor Martinez. Parrot in the Oven won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 1996—proof that it's seriously awesome. (Source)
And the winner is…Victor Martinez. Again. That's right: Parrot in the Oven won a Pura Belpré Award in 1998. Go Martinez go. (Source)
Watch out young folks everywhere, this book isn't just for you. In fact, Martinez originally wrote Parrot in the Oven for adults. (Source)
Martinez and his wife got married in a spur of the moment ceremony and were together until he died. Aw. (Source)