The book was first published in Mexico where, Olmos writes in an endnote, “for the past six years a vicious war against drugs has brought fear and insecurity into every child’s life.” That uncertainty and turmoil is starkly represented in the preceding pages, as images of violence are transformed into ones of hope and happiness. Para los niños is presented by Latino 247 Media.Twelve Mexican illustrators have each donated a piece of art to Olmos’s picture-book meditation, which benefits the Children in Crisis Fund, a project of the nonprofit International Board on Books for Young People. Also, Venezuelan organization Banco del Libro included Gabriela’s book Palabras como hilos in its exhibit featuring the best Spanish books for the year and organization Empowering Latino Futures (Latino Literacy Now) granted Eyes Closed an International Latino Book Award. In 2019 Gabriela received the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz / Alaska Award, in the context of the festival Woman Scream: International Women’s Poetry Movement, chapter Anchorage. In 2016 The Latino Author chose it to head its list of the top ten books of the year. In 2013, the Smithsonian Asia Pacific American Center recommended Gabriela’s book I Dreamt. Two of them were selected for the A Leer / IBBY Mexico Guide. Eight of her books have been chosen for public education programs in Mexico.
In 2009 Gabriela was featured among six Mexican writers profiled in the French magazine La Revue des Livres pour Enfants. She has translated literary and academic texts, and compiled anthologies of poetry. Her articles, short stories, and poems have appeared in periodicals in Mexico, France, and the United States. Gabriela has written fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her books have inspired exhibits, plays, and television spots promoting literacy.
Gabriela Olmos has written 12 children’s books in Mexico, one in Canada, and one in the United States. In that place, as crooked as it was fun, Conchita learns the value of her ancestors’ legacy. Written by Gabriela Olmos and illustrated by Valeria Gallo, The Buzzard and the Flute tells the story of Conchita, a girl who loses her grandfather and travels to the country of the dead to look for him.
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