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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.
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Celebrating Cuentos
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Celebrating Cuentos Promoting Latino Children’s Literature and Literacy in Classrooms and Libraries a Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Editor
Children’s and Young Adult Literature Reference Catherine Barr, Series Editor
Copyright © 2011 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, or reproducibles, which may be copied for classroom and educational programs only, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 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. Z718.2.U6C46 2011 027.6’3—dc22 2010040790 ISBN: 978-1-59158-904-4 EISBN: 978-1-59158-905-1 15 14 13 12 11
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