Alma Flor Ada es una destacada mentora y filósofa de la educación bilingüe en los Estados Unidos, autora galardonada de numerosos libros infantiles y prolífica traductora. Su obra se centra en la transmisión de la cultura hispana a los niños a través de narrativas atractivas y programas de aprendizaje. Ada es también una experta reconocida en el desarrollo de programas de alfabetización que apoyan la educación multilingüe. Sus contribuciones literarias radican en el enriquecimiento de la literatura infantil y la promoción de la comprensión intercultural.
A Latine Nursery Treasury / Un Tesoro de Rimas Infantiles (Bilingual)
Featuring a rich collection of lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, and proverbs, this bilingual book offers engaging content in both Spanish and English. It serves as a delightful resource for parents and caregivers, encouraging language development and cultural appreciation through playful interaction and timeless traditions.
A Mexican folk tale which explains why the weather vane has a little rooster on one end that spins around to let us know which way the wind is blowing
For María Isabel Salazar López, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. "We already have two Marías in this class," says her teacher. "Why don't we call you Mary instead?" But María Isabel has been named for her Papi's mother and for Chabela, her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. Can she find a way to make her teacher see that if she loses her name, she's lost the most important part of herself?