Alma and How She Got Her Name sahifasining manbasini koʻrish

== Yaratilish tarixi va chop etilishi ==
Juana Martinez-Neal yigirma yoshlarida [[AQSh]]ga koʻchib oʻtgan<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/176020012781/author-interview-with-juana-martinez-neal|title=Author Interview with Juana Martinez-Neal|date=March 2018|website=CBC Diversity|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708180842/https://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/176020012781/author-interview-with-juana-martinez-neal|archive-date=July 8, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref>. Muhojir sifatida u oʻzini anglash masalalari bilan kurashgan, ammo oxir-oqibat: „madaniyatim mening shaxsiyligimning bir qismi edi va men uni farzandlarimga ham yetkazishni istadim“, degan qarorga kelgan<ref name=":0" />. Shu istakning bir qismi sifatida u [[Bolalar adabiyoti|bolalar]] uchun kitoblar yozishni va ularga surat chizishni boshlagan<ref name=":0" />. Alma qahramonini u oʻzining oʻsib-ulgʻayishi va qarindoshlari hikoyalaridan ilhomlanib yaratgan<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=whats-name-conversation-juana-martinez-neal|title=What's in a Name? A Conversation With Juana Martinez-Neal|last=Grabarek|first=Daryl|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621223913/https://www.slj.com/%3FdetailStory%3Dwhats-name-conversation-juana-martinez-neal|archive-date=June 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>. Uning agenti Stefanie Von Borstel kitobni, namuna illyustratsiyalari bilan birga, bir nechta nashriyotlarga taqdim etdi va yettita nashriyot uni sotib olish uchun auksionda qatnashdi. Oxir-oqibat kitobni nashr etuvchi sifatida [[Candlewick Press]] tanlandi<ref name=":0" />.

Kitob ingliz va ispan tillarida bir vaqtning oʻzida, 2018-yil 10-aprelda nashr etildi<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/juana-martinez-neal/alma-and-how-she-got-her-name/|title=Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal|publisher=Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=2019-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621223911/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/juana-martinez-neal/alma-and-how-she-got-her-name/|archive-date=June 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>. Bu ikki tilda bir vaqtda nashr etilishi Martinez-Neal uchun muhim edi va kitob auksion jarayonining bir qismi boʻlgan<ref name=":0" />.