Celebrating Cuentos: Promoting Latino Children's Literature and Literacy in Classrooms and Libraries (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)

402 Pages·2010·4.24 MB·English

by  Jamie Campbell Naidoo

Celebrating Cuentos
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Celebrating
Cuentos
Promoting latino Children’s
literature and literaCy in
Classrooms and libraries
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Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Editor
Children’s and Young Adult Literature Reference
Catherine Barr, Series Editor
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Celebrating cuentos : promoting Latino children’s literature and literacy in classrooms
and libraries / Jamie Campbell Naidoo, editor.
p. cm. — (Children’s and young adult literature reference)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59158-904-4 (acid-free paper) 1. Children’s libraries—Services to
Hispanic Americans. 2. School libraries—Services to minorities—United States.
3. Hispanic Americans—Juvenile literature—Bibliography. 4. Children’s literature,
Spanish American—Bibliography. 5. Tales—Latin America—Bibliography.
6. Hispanic American children—Books and reading. 7. Hispanic American
children—Education. 8. Multicultural education—United States. 9. Literacy—
United States. I. Naidoo, Jamie Campbell.
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Contents
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 FOREWORD
Splendid Treasures of Mi Corazón Yuyi Morales ......... ix
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 INTRODUCTION
Latino Children’s Literature in Today’s Classrooms and
Libraries Jamie Campbell Naidoo ................. .xiii
Part 1. Educational, dEvEloPmEntal, and litEracy
nEEds of latino childrEn
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 CHAPTER 1: Overview of Latino Children and U.S.
Public Education Robert K. Ream and Lillia Vazquez .... .3
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 CHAPTER 2: Embracing the Face at the Window:
Latino Representation in Children’s Literature and the
Ethnic Identity Development of Latino Children
Jamie Campbell Naidoo ........................... .19
Part 2. latino childrEn’s litEraturE: thEn and now
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 CHAPTER 3: A Brief Historical Overview of Latino
Children’s Literature in the United States
Jamie Campbell Naidoo ........................... .45
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 CHAPTER 4: Reviewing the Representation of Latino
Cultures in U.S. Children’s Literature
Jamie Campbell Naidoo ........................... .59
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 CHAPTER 5: Celebrating Cultures and Cuentos:
Highlighting Three Awards for Latino Children’s
Literature Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Jennifer Battle, and
Oralia Garza de Cortés ............................ .79
Part 3. dEvEloPing collEctions of latino childrEn’s
matErials
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 CHAPTER 6: The Story of the Américas Collection:
Gathering PreK–12 Spanish-Language Books and
Resources Ruth E. Quiroa ....................... .101
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 CHAPTER 7: Latino Children’s Literature and Literacy
in School Library Media Centers Jamie Campbell Naidoo
and Hope Crandall .............................. .113
Part 4. latino childrEn’s litEraturE and litEracy
Programs in classrooms and librariEs
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 CHAPTER 8: Have Books, Will Travel: Bebés, Libros y Early
Literacy María E. Arroyo and
Guillermina “Gigi” Towers ........................ .147
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 CHAPTER 9: Bilingual Storytimes Katie Cunningham . .159
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 CHAPTER 10: Using Bilingual Music Programming to
Improve Preliteracy Amy Olson ................... .179
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 CHAPTER 11: The Spirit of Día: Celebrating Cuentos
Every Day Irania Patterson and Jamie Campbell Naidoo . .201
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 CHAPTER 12: Storytelling and Recently Arrived
Latino Children Lucía M. González, with interview by
Jamie Campbell Naidoo .......................... .213
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 CHAPTER 13: Bailando ante el espejo literario:
Responses to Culturally Familiar Themes in Picture
Books Ruth E. Quiroa .......................... .227
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 CHAPTER 14: Developing and Enriching Comunidad:
Reaching out to Latino Communities via Public and
School Libraries Jamie Campbell Naidoo ............ .239
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 CHAPTER 15: Culturally Relevant Literature
Pedagogies: Latino Students Reading in the Borderlands
Carmen L. Medina and Carmen Martínez-Roldán ...... .259
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 CHAPTER 16: Using Latin American Folktales in
Literacy and Library Programming Amy Olson ....... .273
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 CHAPTER 17: Using Print and Digital Latino
Children’s Books to Promote Multiple Literacies in
Classrooms and Libraries Jamie Campbell Naidoo ..... .301
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 Afterword: I Am All That I See: The Power of
Reflection Maya Christina Gonzalez ............... .319
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Recommended Bibliography of Children’s Literature
and Related Professional Resources
PiCturE Books ..............................327
NoVELs—iNtErMEDiAtE to uPPEr ELEMENtAry. . .333
NoVELs—Jr. HigH AND youNg ADuLt ...........333
FoLktALEs ..................................335
PoEtry ....................................340
soNgs, rHyMEs, LuLLABiEs, AND MusiCAL
rECorDiNgs ...............................341
iNForMAtioNAL .............................343
sPANisH LANguAgE Books, k–12 ................347
Primary Age Books—Fiction and informational .......347
intermediate Age Books—Fiction and informational ...352
High school Age Books—Fiction and informational ...354
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PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES FOR EVALUATING ANd
SELECTING LATINO CHILdREN’S MATERIALS . . . . . . .354
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES FOR INCLUdING LATINO
CHILdREN’S LITERATURE IN CLASSROOMS ANd
CHILdCARE CENTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS
ANd SERVICES TO LATINO CHILdREN ANd THEIR
FAMILIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
ONLINE RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Selected Latino Author and Illustrator Web Sites . . . . .363
Common Small Press Publishers/distributors of
Latino Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
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 Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
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 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
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 About the Editor and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
a ForeWord

splendid treasures of Mi Corazón
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a m only an expert about my own sentiments. That is why when asked about
the value of Latino children’s literature, I have an urge to point in the direction
of my own head, my two hands, and my throbbing chest to say that high-quality
Latino literature is a beating and sacred heart, the shaman’s ancient magic,
the much-sought-after El Dorado, Moctezuma’s lost treasure, Quetzalcoatl
returning, the fifth sun. Yes, high-quality Latino children’s literature is a roaring
fire lighting people’s path—but what do I know besides my own corazón?
Let me say that to me, the United States is a country of surprises.
Since I crossed to “the other side” from Mexico in 1994 to make this place my
home, I have learned that anything unexpected can happen here. I came to the
United States as a new mother and, like most emigrants, having left behind my
country, my family, my language, and all that was familiar to me, I felt thrown
into what I perceived as a land of strange costumes and solitude—an almost
unimaginable world. To me the United States posed a challenge that I felt ill
equipped to take on; I had a minimal knowledge of the English language and a
strong belief, rooted in my family’s culture for generations, that all things white
and foreign were better than me. But, to my surprise, it was here in this strange
country of the unexpected that I would come to find art and books as the path
I had been looking for in my life, while also building a new perception of my
own identity—one that for the first time honored such things as the color of my
skin, the complexity of my language, and the story of my ancestors. What was
even more surprising to me was that all of this I discovered through children’s
books.
This is how it all began. Growing up in Mexico I had already loved
the books and stories that I found on my parents’ bookshelf. They were mostly
adult books—many of which I barely understood. Yet many of them were jewels
that marked me forever as a reader; they were books such as La increíble y triste
historia de la Candida Erendira y su Abuela Desalmada written by Gabriel García
Márquez, La vispera del trueno and La carcajada del gato by the Mexican novelist
Luis Spota, as well as comic magazines such as La familia Burron, by Gabriel
Vargas, which depicted the incredible adventures and struggles for survival of
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