Great news! Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube has been named as one of Booklist’s 2014 Lasting Connections!
Lasting Connections highlights the top 30 choices for the K–8 classroom, all published in the previous year and all selected for their natural connections across the curriculum and to the Common Core State Standards.
I’ve always loved the idea of the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as Three Kings’ Day or Los Tres Reyes, the end of the Christmas season. The night before is often celebrated as Twelfth Night. In part I’m attached to this celebration because I love the word epiphany from the Greek meaning a manifestation or striking insight.
I wrote The Bakery Lady/La señora de la panadería to show a close Mexican-American family celebrating this tradition by baking together. As part of my research, I had the pleasure of visiting behind-the-scenes of a small bakery I liked. Wonderful scents of bread baking and spices. Years later when the book came out, I discovered that indeed a young girl had been raised at the bakery by her loving grandparents.
For more information on the celebration internationally, enjoy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/04/epiphany-2015_n_6350116.html
Wishing you epiphanies today. I’m waiting for mine!
Great news!
Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube has been chosen for the New York Public Library’s annual list of 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing!
