Join us for story time with Paola Barranco reading from her book Juanito's Adventures ($19.99). She will be joined by environmentalist Francisco Torres.

Family Day at Aragon is on the second Saturday of every month in partnership with the Coral Gables Museum and the Coral Gables Art Cinema. This program is made possible by a grant from the Coral Gables

Community Foundation and sponsorship from by Grove Bank & Trust.

This program is open to everyone!

**Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave 8/10/24 12pm-2pm. Tickets are FREE . Click HERE to reserve your tickets

About the Authors:

Paola and Francisco hope to give parents and caretakers a chance to make a difference, by teaching their children how to build a world where a significant portion of waste can be utilized for good.Paola Barranco has been an environmentalist since 2014 when, along with her husband Miguel, she founded Zamá in Mexico City with the aim of helping people achieve a more harmonious life that respects ecosystems. She has taught composting courses to more than twenty thousand people and has led various projects to utilize "trash" as inputs. Paola has been a member of the Compost for Life team in Miami since 2022.

Francisco Torres is an enthusiastic environmentalist, devoted animal lover, and the visionary behind Compost for Life. Since childhood, Francisco has felt a special connection and responsibility to our planet, which drove him to take action and create change. As a community organization, Compost for Life has been able to prevent the waste of over two million pounds of food in just two years, using these to regenerate the soils of our planet. Francisco’s dog Juanito inspired this book. He was rescued in the city of Miami during the pandemic and has been the compost inspector from the first day at Compost for Life.