On April 30th this year, I visited Forest View Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina. Second graders had prepared a surprise for me and their school mates. From memory, those cute students recited Book Fiesta: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day, Celebremos … Continue reading →
What an exciting and gratifying time I enjoyed at Día celebrations in three cities. Thanks to my host, author and administrator Ethriam Brammer at Wayne State University, I spoke on his campus and at a school in SW Detroit. I … Continue reading →
This is a good blog to add to your bookmarks or RSS feed. Voces, a place for and about Latino authors and their books; Spanish language translations; and news from the Latino book industry, is the blog of Adriana Dominguez, … Continue reading →
Recently Macarena Salas interviewed Pat and Dr. Ortiz, a professor at the University of Texas/Austin, about bilingual books and education, as well as Pat’s Book Fiesta! This interview is one of a series of national teleconferences produced by Las Comadres,a … Continue reading →
2009 Américas Book Awards for Children’s and Young Adult Literature have gone to Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook/Porter) and The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita … Continue reading →
Read Me a Rhyme in Spanish and EnglishRose Zertuche TreviñoALA Editions, 2009paperback (978-0-8389-0982-9) Rose Treviño is the Youth Services Coordinator for the Houston Public Library, one of the largest library systems in the country that serves one of the biggest … Continue reading →
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has designated May as Latino Books Month and encourages booksellers, librarians, and others in the book industry “to promote reading among Latinos in their communities, and to raise awareness of the rich variety of … Continue reading →
Becoming Teammates: Teachers and Families as Literacy PartnersCharlene Klassen EndrizziNCTE (978-0-8141-0273-2) Charlene Endrizzi’s new book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning about strengthening the partnerships between parents and teachers as they work toward mutual literacy goals. She … Continue reading →
