Dozens of first-graders at Centennial Elementary School in central Fresno piled into the library for a special guest on a recent bright Monday morning.
Students waited in anticipation for Edward Ándres Dennis, a Mexican-American author and illustrator from Phoenix, Arizona.
Fresno Unified administrators invited the author as part of the district’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. Dennis recently published his latest book “The Boy from Mexico becomes a U.S. Citizen.” He visited Fresno Unified classrooms for a week to read to students and introduce them to the world of illustration…