Xochitl and the Flowers
Title | Xochitl and the Flowers PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge Argueta |
Publisher | Children's Book Press |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780892391813 |
Xochitl and her family, newly arrived in San Francisco from El Salvador,reate a beautiful plant nursery in place of the garbage heap behind theirpartment, and celebrate with their friends and neighbors.
Xochitl and the Flowers: X‰chitl, La Nia de Las Flores
Title | Xochitl and the Flowers: X‰chitl, La Nia de Las Flores PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge Argueta |
Publisher | Turtleback |
Pages | 31 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781531164584 |
In this English-Spanish bilingual story by the award-winning author of "A Movie in My Pillow," a girl misses her friends, family and garden after she moves from El Salvador to San Francisco.
Xochitl and the Flowers (Xochitl, la Nina de las Flores)
Title | Xochitl and the Flowers (Xochitl, la Nina de las Flores) PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge Argueta |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780605399464 |
Xochitl and her family, immigrants from El Salvador, begin to make friends with local store owners and neighbors as they sell flowers and begin a nursery.
Race and Colorism in Education
Title | Race and Colorism in Education PDF eBook |
Author | Carla Monroe |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2016-12-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317597699 |
As one of the first scholarly books to focus on colorism in education, this volume considers how connections between race and color may influence school-based experiences. Chapter authors question how variations in skin tone, as well as related features such as hair texture and eye color, complicate perspectives on race and they demonstrate how colorism is a form of discrimination that affects educational stakeholders, especially students, families, and professionals, across P-16 institutions. This volume provides an outline of colorism’s contemporary relevance within the United States and shares considerations for international dimensions that are linked to immigration, refugee populations, and Canada. By situating colorism in an educational context, this book offers suggestions for how educators may engage and confront this form of discrimination.
Little Chanclas
Title | Little Chanclas PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Cinco Puntos Press |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2015-08-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 193595587X |
A bilingual tale about Little Lilly Lujan who loves her chanclas (flip-flops) going slippety-slappety and flippity-flop. In fact, Lilly refuses any footwear except her favorite pair of flip-flops. "Why does Lilly love her chanclas so much?" her family cries. Lilly doesn't listen. That's why her family nicknames her "Little Chanclas." At baptisms, barbecues, quinceñeras, and picnics, you can hear Little Chanclas going slippety-slap and flippity-flop. Then one day Lilly dances a little too much at a fiesta, her chanclas come apart, a pit bull chews up the remains, and there is no more flip for her flop! Little Chanclas is inconsolable. Crisis ensues as she rejects shoe after shoe. But then a miracle happens. Lilly puts on a pair of soccer shoes. She's a natural. She goes clickety-click. She scores a goal. She's a star! José Lozano is a rising star in the thriving Latino art scene in Los Angeles, California. Born in Los Angeles, his family moved to Juárez, Chihuahua, México, when he was a baby. Growing up on the border, he found many of the cultural touchstones that continue to influence his work today—bad Mexican cinema, lucha libre, fotonovelas, ghost stories, and comic books. Lozano prefers to work in a series, focusing on themes like Mexican wrestlers, paper dolls, and lotería. In fact, the Los Angeles Metro System commissioned his loteria card portraits of various light rail riders for the La Brea/Expo Station. Lozano lives in Fullerton, California, and teaches elementary school in Anaheim.
A Movie in My Pillow
Title | A Movie in My Pillow PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge Argueta |
Publisher | Children's Book Press |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780892391653 |
Poems for children that evoke the wonder of childhood in rural El Salvador include the relationship with a caring father and the author's confusion and delight in his new urban home.
Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children
Title | Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Riojas Clark |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2015-11-25 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1475814933 |
While there are volumes that fall into the category of children’s literature, there appears to be relatively few that explore the needs of bilingual learners and the linguistic and sociocultural context of Latino children’s literature. This volume makes a needed contribution by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of Latino bilingual learners who are still underserved through current school practices. We aim to conceptualize different forms of social knowledge so that they can serve as cultural resources for learning, acquiring knowledge, and transforming self and identity. This volume presents a balance of theory, research, and practice that speak to authentic multicultural Latino literature and helps ensure its availability for all students. The intended outcome of this volume then is to create a heightened awareness of the cultural and linguistic capital held by the Latino community, to increase Latino students’ social capital through the design of critical pedagogical practices, and for the formulation of a new perspective, that of Latino multicultural literature for children.