Publisher: Children’s Book Press
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: 1 - 2
ISBN-13: 978-0892392070
Teacher’s Guide: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/family-pictures-cuadros-de-familia/teachers_guide
“Family Pictures” is the story of Carmen Lomas Garza’s girlhood in Kingsville, Texas: celebrating birthdays, making tamales, picking cactus and confiding to her sister her dreams of becoming an artist. These day-to-day experiences are told through 15 paintings and stories, each focusing on a different aspect of Carmen’s traditional Mexican American culture growing up. The paintings and stories reflect the author’s strong sense of family and community and demonstrate how her mother’s love and hard work helped Carmen achieve her dream. “Family Pictures” reflects their lives and cultural traditions. For others, it offers insights into a fascinating life and a rich community.
Publisher: Children’s Book Press
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: 1 - 2
ISBN-13: 978-0892391639
Teacher’s Guide: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/in-my-family-en-mi-familia/teachers_guide
In her second book for children, Garza takes the reader once again to her hometown of Kingsville, Texas, near the border with Mexico. Through vibrant paintings and warm personal stories, she brings to life more loving memories of growing up in a traditional Mexican American community: eating empanadas filled with sweet potatoes or squash, witnessing the blessing on her cousin’s wedding day, dancing to the conjunto band at the neighborhood restaurant, watching her brother trying to feed a horned toad while she stood on her toes to avoid the fire ants, and her grandpa shaving the thorns off nopalitos (cactus pads).
Publisher: Children’s Book Press
Amazon Recommmended Grade Level: 3 - 4
ISBN-13: 978-0892391578
Book Discussion and Activity Guide: https://www.leeandlow.com/uploads/loaded_document/60/Magic_Windows_BG.pdf
Through the magic windows of her cut-paper art, Garza shows the reader her family and her life as an artist, as well as the legends of her Aztec past. The reader looks into her studio and sees her paint a Mexican jarabe tapatío dancer, glimpses the hummingbirds that cross the U.S.-Mexico border to taste cactus flower nectar, and watches Garza teach her nieces and nephews how to make their own magic windows. “Magic Windows” is a continuing tribute to family and community, as well as a way for Garza to connect future generations to their ancestors through traditional folk art.
Publisher: Children’s Book Press
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: 1 - 6
ISBN-13: 978-0892391592
Sample Activity Book Pages: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/making-magic-windows
This activity book gives step by step instructions how to create beautiful designs and banners by simply folding and cutting tissue paper. Projects include: the Four Cardinal Points, a design reminiscent of the four points of a compass; Tiles, echoing the colorful hand-painted tiles that decorate many Mexican buildings; and The Fan, one of Garza’s favorite designs, featuring leaves, hummingbirds, and flowers. For more advanced students there is a section on using a craft knife safely, and a sample Sunburst project to create. Materials needed include scissors, tissue paper, string, a glue stick, and a trash bag or waste basket.
by Brian C. Mitchell and W. Joseph King
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1421424774
In their concise guide, “How to Run a College,” Brian C. Mitchell and W. Joseph King analyze how colleges operate and offer a frank yet optimistic vision for how colleges can change without losing their fundamental strengths. To survive and become sustainable, Mitchell and King write that colleges must be centers of dynamic learning, as well as economic engines able to power regional, state and national economies. Rejecting the notion that American colleges are holdovers from a bygone time, this title shows instead that they are centers of experimentation and innovation that heavily influence higher education not only in the U.S. but also worldwide.
Edited by Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas and Ben Wildavsky
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1421424965
For more than 75 years, standardized tests have been considered a vital tool for gauging students’ readiness for college. However, few people—including students, parents, teachers and policy makers—understand how the SATs or ACT are actually used in admissions decisions. “Measuring Success” investigates the research and policy implications of test-optional practices, considering both sides of the debate. Does a test-optional policy result in a more diverse student body or improve attainment and retention rates? Drawing upon the expertise of higher education researchers, admissions officers, enrollment managers and policy professionals, this volume investigates the research, as well as the policy implications of test-optional practices.
by Francisco E. Thoumi
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0801878541
Some countries develop illegal drugs industries; others don’t. Discerning the distinguishing characteristics of countries with these industries forms the subject of this sophisticated, humane study. Francisco E. Thoumi rejects simplistic economic solutions, as well as simplistic moral ones, as he addresses the Andean countries of Peru, Colombia and Bolivia and the attitudes and responses of the U.S. He investigates how both the U.S. and the Andean countries perceive drugs issues; the history, structure and evolution of drug industries in the Andes; the size of the industries in Peru, Colombia and Bolivia; and their economic, political and social effects in each of these countries.
by Marcos Cueto
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0801886454
In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from the U.S., Mexico embarked on what was an ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread and persistent. Marcos Cueto describes the international basis of the program, its national organization in Mexico, its local implementation by health practitioners and workers, and its reception among the population. He highlights the militant Cold War rhetoric of the founders and analyzes the mixed motives of participants at all levels. Following the story through the dwindling campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cueto raises questions relevant to today’s international health campaigns against malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis.
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