Yes! We Are Latinos:Poems And Prose About The Latino Experience

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Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is Latino.

Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific stories and circumstances for the reader to better understand the Latino people’s quest for identity. Each profile is followed by nonfiction prose that further clarifies the character’s background and history, touching upon important events in the history of the Latino American people, such as the Spanish Civil War, immigration to the US, and the internment of Latinos with Japanese ancestry during World War II.

Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy’s informational yet heartwarming text provides a resource for young Latino readers to see themselves, while also encouraging non-Latino children to understand the breadth and depth of the contributions made by Latinos in the US.

Caldecott Medalist David Diaz’s hand-cut illustrations are bold and striking, perfectly complementing the vibrant stories in the book.

YES! WE ARE LATINOS stands alone in its presentation of the broad spectrum of Latino culture and will appeal to readers of fiction and nonfiction.

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(http://facebook.com/almaflorada)Dr. Ada was the founder and First Editor in Chief of :NABE, Journal of the National Association for Bilingual EducationShe has been active for many years in various professional associations including : IRA, International Reading AssociationCRA, California Reading AssociationCABE, California Association for Bilingual EducationUSIBBY, US Branch of the International Board of Books for Young PeopleShe is a member of :Advisory Board of Loose Leaf Public Radio ProgramsNational Television WorkshopBetween the LinesReading Up!, Natural Head Start AssociationA frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Ada also works in school districts with children, teachers and parents.The award-winning author of numerous children’s books and a prolific translator, Alma Flor Ada is a leading mentor and philosopher of bilingual education in the United States.She has authored several reading programs, among them two Spanish reading programs :Cielo abierto (K-6)Vamos de fiesta! (K-3)and of two English reading programs :Signatures (K-6)Collections (K- 6)and is a series consultant for Relatos de la historia (1-5), a Spanish social studies program developed by Harcourt School Publishers.Among her most substantive contributions to the transmission of Hispanic culture to children are :Música amiga, a program for learning through songs, published by Del Sol BooksPuertas al Sol - Pathways to the Sun, published by SantillanaLatino poetry, Art, and Biographies for children, published by SantillanaDr. Ada received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Lima, Perú and did post-doctoral research at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute and a Fulbright Research Scholar.

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