Celebrating Cuentos

Promoting Latino Children's Literature and Literacy in Classrooms and Libraries

Jamie Campbell Naidoo

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN: 9781591589051
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

More effectively meet the diverse literacy needs of the growing Latino population by learning how to evaluate and select quality Latino children's literature. 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword: Splendid Treasures of Mi Corazón
• Introduction: Latino Children’s Literature in Today’s Classrooms and Libraries
• Part 1: Educational, Developmental, and Literacy Needs of Latino Children
• Part 2: Latino Children’s Literature: Then and Now
• Part 3: Developing Collections of Latino Children’s Materials
• Part 4: Latino Children’s Literature and Literacy Programs in Classrooms and Libraries
• Afterword: I Am All That I See: The Power of Reflection