Buenas noches, Estados Unidos
Buenas noches, Estados Unidos

Author: Adam Gamble

Publisher: Good Night books

Published: 2012-07-17

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 1602191700

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Buenas noches Estados Unidos explores the Everglades, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, redwood forests, Statue of Liberty, Washington DC, Mississippi River, Golden Gate Bridge, farms, bison, bears, sea lions, cowboys, tropical islands, and more. Young children are invited to explore the wonders of America's most iconic landmarks and attractions before bed with this beautifully illustrated board book. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting, child-friendly themes. Many of North America’s most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these board books designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for North America's natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area’s attractions as rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.

Buenas Noches, American Culture
Buenas Noches, American Culture

Author: María DeGuzmán

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2012-07-09

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0253001900

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Often treated like night itself—both visible and invisible, feared and romanticized—Latina/os make up the largest minority group in the US. In her newest work, María DeGuzmán explores representations of night in art and literature from the Caribbean, Colombia, Central and South America, and the US, calling into question night's effect on the formation of identity for Latina/os in and outside of the US. She takes as her subject novels, short stories, poetry, essays, non-fiction, photo-fictions, photography, and film, and examines these texts through the lenses of nationhood, sexuality, human rights, exoticism, among others.

!asi! 1Teacher's Book
!asi! 1Teacher's Book

Author: Mike Calvert

Publisher: Nelson Thornes

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0748778128

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Don't let them drop Spanish! A major growing concern in schools is the decline in the number of language students and the impact this could have on your department. Which is why we've developed !Asi! - the only course to captivate all your students and help keep Spanish alive in your school!

Good Night America
Good Night America

Author: Adam Gamble

Publisher: Good Night Books

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 1602197253

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Young children are invited to explore the wonders of America before bed with this beautifully illustrated boardbook. Simple, rhythmic language lulls little ones to sleep as they watch a diverse group of people engage in community-oriented activities and journey to some of the nation’s majestic natural treasures—including the Everglades, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, and redwood forests. Moving from the morning and spring through nighttime and winter, each image falls within a specific period during the day and an associated season, making this a perfect introduction to the concept of the passage of time.

Muy Buenas Noches
Muy Buenas Noches

Author: Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0803244851

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By the end of the twentieth century, Mexican multimedia conglomerate Televisa stood as one of the most powerful media companies in the world. Most scholars have concluded that the company’s success was owed in large part to its executives who walked in lockstep with the government and the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), which ruled for seventy-one years. At the same time, government decisions regulating communications infrastructure aided the development of the television industry. In one of the first books to be published in English on Mexican television, Celeste González de Bustamante argues that despite the cozy relationship between media moguls and the PRI, these connections should not be viewed as static and without friction. Through an examination of early television news programs, this book reveals the tensions that existed between what the PRI and government officials wanted to be reported and what was actually reported and how. Further, despite the increasing influence of television on society, viewers did not always accept or agree with what they saw on the air. Television news programming played an integral role in creating a sense of lo mexicano (that which is Mexican) at a time of tremendous political, social, and cultural change. At its core the book grapples with questions about the limits of cultural hegemony at the height of the PRI and the cold war.

Noche Buena
Noche Buena

Author: Nicolás Kanellos

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 019513527X

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Kanellos compiles historial literature on the Christmas theme by Hispanic Americans from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century. There are thirty-six selections of short stories, traditional tales, songs, poetry and the complete religious drama of the shepherds, "Los Pastores," from 1907. They explore the complicated crossroads of politics and religion and the multifaceted significance of Christmas and the Hispanic identity. Kanellos compiles rare turn-of-the-century stories and contemporary writiings by celebrated authors such as Chicano folklorist American Paredes. Children's stories include "Legend of the Poinsettia" and "the Christmas Spirit Tree." The book represents writers of Mexican, Colombian, Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage whose works originate from New York, Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and California. They not only reveal an early history of publishing US Latino literature but also chronicle the changing status of these groups since the nineteenth century, and important issues such as assimilation, religion, communal identity, patriotism, and poverty. The anthology includes an extensive historical introduction, illustrations, original Spanish text for all poetry, and a bibliography.