Jose Ramirez

Photograph © Jose Ramirez

About The Author

Jose Ramirez is a fine artist and an illustrator of children’s books, including Quinito’s Neighborhood/El vecindario de Quinito; Goodnight, Papito Dios/Buenas noches, Papito Dios; and The Frog and His Friends Save Humanity/La rana y sus amigos salvan a la humanidad. He has been a school teacher in Los Angeles for more than twenty-five years and is currently teaching third grade at Esperanza Elementary. He loves to garden, play music, and work with clay. The proud father of three daughters, Jose lives in east Los Angeles with his wife and youngest child. 

Books by Jose Ramirez

Cuando los ángeles cantan (When Angels Sing)

La historia de la leyenda de rock Carlos Santana

By Michael Mahin
Illustrated by Jose Ramirez / Translated by Alexis Romay
Mención de honor del premio Pura Belpré de ilustración
Mención de honor del premio Robert F. Silver
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When Angels Sing

The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana

By Michael Mahin
Illustrated by Jose Ramirez
Winner of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor!

Celebrate music icon Carlos Santana in this vibrant, rhythmic picture book from the author of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters. ...
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