WANT TO SNUGGLE IN and turn some pages this holiday season? We’ve got you covered with these easy and accessible book selections from Oak Cliff authors.
Hip-Hop (And Other Things)
Shea Serrano and Oak Cliff’s own Arturo Torres have done it again. This three-time New York Times Bestseller List duo brings another addition to the (And Other Things) series. Their previous books touched on films, basketball … and other things. This book combines art, stats and stories from hip-hop over the past 25 years. It will take you down memory lane and school you on things you thought you knew.
Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Vaughan brothers were recently honored with a sculpture installation at Kiest Park. Learn more about the Oak Cliff natives in this New York Times Bestseller, which includes an epilogue by Jimmie. The biography has received rave reviews as it captures the life and music of Stevie Ray with personal accounts from the friends, family and fellow musicians who knew him best.
Chronicles of a Luchador
Oak Cliff neighbor and longtime Dallas educator Ray Villareal has a new book set to release this winter. It’s the story of Jesse, a high school senior who wants to become a professional wrestler. His dad, a retired wrestling champ, wants him to attend the University of Texas to study engineering. Jesse decides to join a wrestling community once he gets to Austin, and he realizes getting into the wrestling world is not as easy as he thought.
Do You Know the Cucuy? and It’s Bed Time, Cucuy
These bilingual picture books offer a new take on El Cucuy, the boogeyman of the Spanish-speaking world, and they’re authored by yours truly. In these two picture books children will see the lighter side of Cucuy. He likes to have fun, and bedtime is one of his least favorite things.
Claudia Vega is an Oak Cliff resident, educator and published children’s author. 
