Antonio Sacre

Antonio Sacre, born in Boston to a Cuban father and Irish American mother, is an internationally touring storyteller, author, and solo performance artist based in Los Angeles. He earned a BA in English from Boston College and an MA in Theater Arts from Northwestern University. He has been a featured storyteller at the Kennedy Center, the National Storytelling Festival, the National Book Festival at the Library of Congress, and museums, schools, libraries, and festivals worldwide. His books and recordings have won numerous national awards, and he is the author-and storyteller-in-residence at the prestigious UCLA Lab School.

Antonio Sacre's Titles

My Name Is Cool

My Name Is Cool

2023 Storytelling World Resource Award honoreeWhen I was born, I kept my eyes squeezed shut so tightly that my mom called me Mr. Magoo from a...


Mango in the Hand A Story Told Through Proverbs

A Mango in the Hand

Author Antonio Sacre and illustrator Sebastià Serra's picture book A Mango in the Hand is a touching, funny family story inspired by proverbs."This...


My Name Is Cool Stories from a Cuban-Irish-American Storyteller

My Name Is Cool

"In 1960 my father got into a rowboat from Havana, Cuba and rowed 90 miles to the United States to start his new life.  By the time I got into...


La Noche Buena A Christmas Story

La Noche Buena

Nina is visiting her grandmother in Miami for Christmas. Usually she spends it in snowy New England with her mother and her family, but this...