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Author: Xavier Garza
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2004-05-31
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781558856479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the author's retellings of fifteen traditional tales heard during his childhood in southern Texas.
Author: Xavier Garza
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1558855157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNine-year-old Zulema, the meanest girl in school, decides to change her wicked ways after receiving a visit from the witch owl.
Author: Alfred Avila
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1994-09-30
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781558856370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditional Mexican stories tell of ghosts, evil spirits, devils, curses, and supernatural forces.
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Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Published: 2011-10-18
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1935955349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMargarito acts like any other eleven-year-old aficionado of lucha libre. He worships all the players. But in the summer just before sixth grade, he tumbles over the railing at a match in San Antonio and makes a connection to the world of Mexican wrestling that will ultimately connect him—maybe by blood!—to the greatest hero of all time: the Guardian Angel. A 2012 Pura Belpré Author Honor Award winner! Xavier Garza was born in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. An enthusiastic author, artist, teacher, and storyteller, his work is a lively documentation of the dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of south Texas.
Author: Charles M. Tatum
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2013-11-26
Total Pages: 1465
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis three-volume encyclopedia describes and explains the variety and commonalities in Latina/o culture, providing comprehensive coverage of a variety of Latina/o cultural forms—popular culture, folk culture, rites of passages, and many other forms of shared expression. In the last decade, the Latina/o population has established itself as the fastest growing ethnic group within the United States, and constitutes one of the largest minority groups in the nation. While the different Latina/o groups do have cultural commonalities, there are also many differences among them. This important work examines the historical, regional, and ethnic/racial diversity within specific traditions in rich detail, providing an accurate and comprehensive treatment of what constitutes "the Latino experience" in America. The entries in this three-volume set provide accessible, in-depth information on a wide range of topics, covering cultural traditions including food; art, film, music, and literature; secular and religious celebrations; and religious beliefs and practices. Readers will gain an appreciation for the historical, regional, and ethnic/racial diversity within specific Latina/o traditions. Accompanying sidebars and "spotlight" biographies serve to highlight specific cultural differences and key individuals.
Author: Roberto G. Fernandez
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Published: 1988-06-30
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781611922585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRaining Backwards is an entertaining satire of the Cuban community in Miami, filled with hilarious scenes and characters, including a lovesick girl determined to be a cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins, a poor Cuban American who becomes Pope, another Cuban American who begins a guerrilla war to separate Florida from the Union, and a ditsy plantain-chip magnate.
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Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2012-03-01
Total Pages: 14
ISBN-13: 9780810989429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces insects, including ladybugs, bees, and grasshoppers.
Author: Jamie Campbell Naidoo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2010-11-18
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1591589053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore effectively meet the diverse literacy needs of the growing Latino population by learning how to evaluate and select quality Latino children's literature. Latinos are the fastest growing and largest ethnic minority in the United States. The number of Latino children is at a historic high. As a result, librarians and teachers in the United States must know how to meet the informational, cultural, and traditional literacy needs of this student demographic group. An ideal way to overcome this challenge is by providing culturally accurate and authentic children's literature that represents the diversity of the Latino cultures. Much more than simply a topical bibliography, this book details both historical and current practices in educating Latino children; explains why having quality Latino children's literature in classrooms and libraries is necessary for the ethnic identity development of Latino children; and offers a historical overview of Latino children's literature in America. Web resources of interest to educators working with Latino children are also included.
Author: Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2018-10-26
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 0822982951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChildren's and young adult literature has become an essential medium for identity formation in contemporary Latino/a culture in the United States. This book is an original collection of more than thirty interviews led by Frederick Luis Aldama with Latino/a authors working in the genre. The conversations revolve around the conveyance of young Latino/a experience, and what that means for the authors as they overcome societal obstacles and aesthetic complexity. The authors also speak extensively about their experiences within the publishing industry and with their audiences. As such, Aldama's collection presents an open forum to contemporary Latino/a writers working in a vital literary category and sheds new light on the myriad formats, distinctive nature, and cultural impact it offers.
Author: Theresa Bane
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-05-09
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 0786495057
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.
