In honor of El Dia de los ninos Freda Mosquera recommends a few Latino picture books that were published in 2010 over at the School Library Journal. It's always feels good to have read more than half of the books on a list. It feels even better when to have loved the books read.
One of the recommended titles is Floating on Mama's Song by Laura Lacamara.
Lacamara has a great new post up at Latin Baby Book Club. How My Hair Suffered in Translation from Cuban Latina to Suburban American
I love the Latin Baby Book Club blog, its a great place to find out about Latino picture books. Yesterday, Monica one of the contributors blogged about a new release. Celebrating Cuentos: Promoting Latino Children's Literature and Literacy in Classrooms and Libraries edited by Jamie Campbell Naidoo.
A few new picture books for 2011.
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown, illus. by Julie Paschkis. Its recieved a starred Kirkus review
Abuelos by Pat Mora, illus. by Ameila Lau Carling. This is the only paperback new release but its by Pat Mora and since she started Dia its making the list.
Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro Ng, illus by Yuyi Morales. A great preview Two starred reviews, Booklist and Publisher Weekly
The Cazuela that the farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha R. Vamos illus by Rafael Lopez. It's recieved two starred reviews. Kirkus and School Library Journal
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh. The author's first book Dear Primo was released last year. It recieved four honors,inculding a Pura Belpre honor.
Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown illus. by John Parra
3 comments:
Thank you so much for telling me about this wonderful day! I'm sorry to admit that I knew nothing about it and am so glad that I learned about it in time to put a lesson together for it this week. Keep up the great work!
brenda
I like Pat Mora a lot - I've gotten her bilingual kids books to help ME learn colloquial Spanish!
Brenda - If you remember please blog about your el dia celerbration
Jill - When I read bilingual picture books I pretty much only read the english side or I am always looking for exact translations.
So for me it's easier if I read to learn spanish by reading a picture book that isn't bilingual.
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