by René Colato Laínez
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3
Publisher: Piñata Books (imprint of Arte Público Press)
ISBN-13: 978-1558858848
Young René loves the new shoes his mother has sent him from the United States. Soon, René – with his new shoes – and his father set off on the long journey to meet his mother in the United States. They take buses and walk across El Salvador, into Guatemala and then into Mexico. His brand-new shoes lose their shine, turning dirty and gray. They become elephants, pushing against the wind; race cars, fleeing hungry dogs; swim shoes, escaping floods; and submarines, navigating through sticky mud. When holes appear on the soles of his shoes, his father won’t let him give up.
by Raquel M. Ortiz
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten – 3
Publisher: Piñata Books (imprint of Arte Público Press)
ISBN-13: 978-1558858862
“Julia, they’re already warming up. Hurry!” Cheito says to his little sister as they rush to their bomba class. Cheito is a natural on the drums, but Julia isn’t as enthusiastic about dancing. Julia tries to imitate the best dancer in the class, but her turns are too slow, her steps too big. When the instructor announces the younger students will be participating in the bombazo and performing a solo, Julia is terrified. When it’s her turn, she focuses on the beat of the drum and notices that the drums are talking to her. Soon, she loses herself in the rhythm.
by Jorge Tetl Argueta
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: 1 – 2
Publisher: Piñata Books (imprint of Arte Público Press)
ISBN-13: 978-1558858879
“My name is Fire / but everyone calls me / Little Fire.” In this beautiful, poetic ode to the invigorating power of fire, award-winning children’s book author Jorge Tetl Argueta describes – in English, Spanish and Nahuat – the characteristics of fire from the perspective of one little flame. From its birth as a spark, Little Fire flits like a firefly and plays hide and seek inside a volcano. He grows between two sticks rubbed together or on a stone that strikes another. Little Fire is red, yellow, orange and turquoise. Little Fire sings, “sizzle, / hiss, / whoosh, / crackle, crackle.”
by Anilú Bernardo
Amazon Recommended Grade Level: 1 – 2
Publisher: Piñata Books (imprint of Arte Público Press)
ISBN-13: 978-1558853744
Saturdays are very special days for Isabel. She spends the day with her lively aunts who shower her with love and special attention. As Isabel enters her aunts’ house, she is greeted by Tía Dulce and helps her make a special snack. Then Tía Rosa and Isabel steal away for a special beauty hour. Tía Rosa’s closet and jewelry box are full of fancy shoes, dresses, make-up, and jewelry. When she’s all dressed up, Isabel runs to her Tía Clara who exclaims, “You’re dressed for dancing!” Together they twirl to music, working up an appetite for their special afternoon snack.
edited by Maria de la Luz Reyes
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN-13: 978-0807751817
This engaging collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of well-respected educators who attained biliteracy at a young age in the era before bilingual education. Their autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schools and underscores the inextricable and emotional ties that Latinos have to Spanish. Teachers can glean important lessons about the individual potential of their Latino students from the lived experiences of successful Latinos whose life stories dispel the myth that Spanish is an obstacle to learning. These stories offer hope for a new generation of bilingual learners.
edited by Ana Celia Zentella
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN-13: 978-0807746035
This book offers a new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read and write. Representing a radical departure from the ways in which most educators have been taught to think about first language acquisition and second language learning, “BUILDING ON STRENGTH” introduces the theories and methods of language socialization, as well as highlights the diversity of Latino communities.
edited by Maria de la Luz Reyes and John J. Halcon
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN-13: 978-0807740064
This watershed volume brings together the foremost leading authorities and scholars lending their individual voices to a single, urgent issue: literacy for Latino students. In a departure from traditional paradigms, Latinos examine their own lived experiences in U.S. schools and offer sound theories born from positions of expertise and first-hand knowledge as researchers and educators. Their discussions and critical perspectives on literacy for Latino students in grades K–12 touch on such topics as: encouraging biliteracy in the classroom, constructing theories of possibility, promoting critically literate youth, organizing teaching and learning to students’ potential, and linking literacy to lived experiences.
edited by Angela Valenzuela
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN-13: 978-0807756836
To meet the needs of the fast-growing number of Latino/a English learners, this volume presents an approach to secondary education teacher preparation based on the work of the National Latino/a Education Research and Policy Project (NLERAP). It examines the knowledge, skills and predispositions required for higher education institutions to create curricula for educating Latino/a children, children of color and language-minority youth. The book includes: a community-based, university- and district-connected partnership model that fosters students’ critical consciousness; a framework for participatory action research (PAR) within teacher preparation that promotes community and societal transformation; and a curriculum premised on sociocultural and sociopolitical awareness.
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