Friday, December 31, 2010
Jamaica Osorio Performs "Kumulipo" at the White House Poetry Jam: (6 of 8)
Check out this great young poet speaking on the importance of remembering your family and cultural history.
Smashwords -website for reading and publishingYA ebooks
Smashwords - a great site for reading the works of up and coming writers and independent publishers of eboooks from childrens to adults. Website at: http://www.smashwords.com/
Happy Reading and may you discover a great writer the rest of the world has been waiting for or readers who have been waiting for you!
Happy Reading and may you discover a great writer the rest of the world has been waiting for or readers who have been waiting for you!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Facebook for Chris Navarro
Here is the link for the author -Chris Navarro of the new graphic novel/cartoon:
Chicano Superstar http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicano-Superstar/156476297710625
Chicano Superstar http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicano-Superstar/156476297710625
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Cartoonist creates narrative with Latino protagonist
Check out the full article of this young school teacher and cartoonist from San Antonio! Cool cartoon! Chicano Superstar -I've read it. The setting for it is our very own S.A.!
http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/southside/news/article/New-comic-book-reaches-out-to-Latinos-866086.php
photo courtesy of MySA
http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/southside/news/article/New-comic-book-reaches-out-to-Latinos-866086.php
photo courtesy of MySA
Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
Check out the top 100 graphic novels for young adults developed by the Texas Library Assoc.
Check out the top 100 graphic novels for young adults developed by the Texas Library Assoc.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS | Lesson Plans | Independent Lens | PBS
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS Lesson Plans Independent Lens PBS
Check out these resources for teachers on issues of intellectual property
and music sampling, etc.!!
Check out these resources for teachers on issues of intellectual property
and music sampling, etc.!!
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS | Documentary Film | Independent Lens | PBS
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS Documentary Film Independent Lens PBS
Can anyone have the rights to music?
Tonight on PBS -Independent Lens.
Can anyone have the rights to music?
Tonight on PBS -Independent Lens.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
A Feeling for Books | American Libraries Magazine
A Feeling for Books | American Libraries Magazine
Check out this article on books as therapy and for overcoming and healing = bibliotherapy! Makes sense to me as YA & Childrens books are can be one of the only places/ways students learn the virtue of character building.
Check out this article on books as therapy and for overcoming and healing = bibliotherapy! Makes sense to me as YA & Childrens books are can be one of the only places/ways students learn the virtue of character building.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Greg Barrios at the Twig
November 12 -Well known poet Greg Barrios asked local actors to read selected poems from his various books of poetry at the Twig book store. All the actors were amazing! La Causa is his latest book of poetry available at the Twig! -I highly recommend it. Thank you to the Twig for holding space for great poets and for keep our S.A. culture alive. You can see Greg Barrios perform his poems on YouTube by typing his name in the search terms.
You can sign up for their online newsletter of upcoming events at: http://www.thetwig.indiebound.com/
You can sign up for their online newsletter of upcoming events at: http://www.thetwig.indiebound.com/
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Jan Paris Library Conferance in Corpus Christi Texas
November 6th 2010.
Saturday was awesome..... got to meet the Author of Speak, Miss Lauri Halse Anderson and she signed my T-shirt! Can't wait to show my kids they will be excited as we just finished the book, she also asked me to send her the Glogster posters my eighth grade kids made! Got to meet some interesting people. I will publish my favorite Latino authors list soon... I am starting this blog to share my passion to get kids reading!
Joe
Saturday was awesome..... got to meet the Author of Speak, Miss Lauri Halse Anderson and she signed my T-shirt! Can't wait to show my kids they will be excited as we just finished the book, she also asked me to send her the Glogster posters my eighth grade kids made! Got to meet some interesting people. I will publish my favorite Latino authors list soon... I am starting this blog to share my passion to get kids reading!
Joe
Resources for Librarians and Teachers for serving Latino Teens
Resources for serving Latino & low SES teens:
Research & solutions Understanding Latino Parental Involvement in Education http://www.bilingualeducation.org/pdfs/TRPI%20parent%20involvement.pdf
Documentary
- HBO’s special on the Latino experience in America –candid interviews with over 400 Latino celebrities (many more on Youtube –keyword: ‘Habla’): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPZfTBYrzAc
Poetry & Spoken Word
- Search term on Youtube: ‘Brave New Voices’ : HBO’s & Russell Simmons special on teens performing spoken word poetry
- Search term on Youtube: ‘Brave New Voices’ : HBO’s & Russell Simmons special on teens performing spoken word poetry
-Video of Diego Mosquera (awesome writer & performer) on Youtube check out ‘Youth Poetry’ @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0K_4IYPk8&feature=PlayList&p=F57A3EEB57696A1E&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=60 & also,
-Video of Antonio or Amanda Flores performing @ mrtenglish8@wikispaces.com
-Bicycle by Nikki Giovanni
Programs
-Various programs offered by the National Council of La Raza
-Various programs offered by the National Council of La Raza
http://nclr.org/content/topics/detail/499
-REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking): for resources & programs, & more go to link titled: Online Resources for Librarians working with Latino Children
-Black Men for Reading & Writing: mentor program w/schools – contact Fred Williams 885-8894
-Cool program ideas for teens like ‘making skinny jeans’, @ ‘teen’ link on Yuma library website: www.yumalibrary.org
-REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking): for resources & programs, & more go to link titled: Online Resources for Librarians working with Latino Children
-Black Men for Reading & Writing: mentor program w/schools – contact Fred Williams 885-8894
-Cool program ideas for teens like ‘making skinny jeans’, @ ‘teen’ link on Yuma library website: www.yumalibrary.org
-Cool program ideas for teens @ the San Antonio public lib. –click on ‘Teens’ @ http://www.mysapl.org/
-More cool program ideas from Chicago’s Public School system @ http://www.afterschoolmatters.org/home
-More cool program ideas from Chicago’s Public School system @ http://www.afterschoolmatters.org/home
Technology
-Send mass text messages or mobile alerts to patrons @ http://www.textmarks.com/
Tech. for Teens
- Write stories via texting – a FREE site allows members to share and create texted stories @ www.textnovel.com (can create a class account)
-Manga by smartphone & its FREE @ http://www.mangafox.com/
-Anime in Espanol & its Free @ http://www.animextremist.com/
-Anime in various languages & translations & its FREE @ http://www.veoh.com/
YA title lists & websites
-Pura Bupre awards (list of recognized Latino writers)
-The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children & YA book awards @ http://www.education.txstate.edu/departments/Tomas-Rivera-Book-Award-Project-Link/Winners.html
-ALA websites –Booklists & Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Readers - www.ala.org
-Urban literature - for urban teens - recommended authors & titles –with positive life lessons : Coe Booth, Angela Johnson, Matt de la Pena, Walter Dean Myers, Kalisha Buckhanon, Tachelle Wilkes, Homeboyz, True to the Game, Upstate, The Pact
Urban Literature websites : http://thebrownbookshelf.com/teen-lit/ /
http://www.streetfiction.org/category/urban-teen/ /
Urban Literature websites : http://thebrownbookshelf.com/teen-lit/ /
http://www.streetfiction.org/category/urban-teen/ /
-Correta Scott King awards (list of recognized African American writers)
List of YA Novels by Latino authors
Recommended titles for teens: (based on a list compiled by Alma Ramos-McDermott)
(Books about themes other than crossing the border or life in a foreign country):*= Characters surviving or overcoming poverty
(Books about themes other than crossing the border or life in a foreign country):*= Characters surviving or overcoming poverty
Araña: The Heart of the Spider (a graphic novel series), Fiona Avery, Marvel Comics
Marcelo in the Real World, & *The Last Summer of the Death Warrior, both by Francisco Stork!
Marcelo in the Real World, & *The Last Summer of the Death Warrior, both by Francisco Stork!
B as in Beauty, Alberto Ferreras
We Were Here, & Mexican Whiteboy, Matt de la Pena or any book by this author!
Return to Sender, Julia Alvarez
Last Night I Sang to the Monster
*Dope Sick, Walter Dean Myers & many books by Myers deals with low SES teens overcoming.
* Trino's Choice, Diane Gonzales Bertrand
*The Tequila Worm, Viola Canales
*Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, Victor Martinez
*Republic of East L.A.: Stories, Luis Rodriguez, HarperCollins
*Breaking Through, Francisco Jiménez, Houghton Mifflin
Under the Mesquite, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Lee & Low Books
Dark Dude, Oscar Hijuelos, Antheneum Books for Young Readers
Confetti Girl, Diana Lopez
The Brothers Torres, Coert Voorhees
Desert Passage, P.S. Carrillo, Pinata Books
Historia De Carlito, Max Benavides & Katherine Del Monte, Lectura Books
Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Scholastic
Behind the Eyes, Francisco X. Stork, Dutton Juvenile (Setting in S.A.)
Graffiti Girl, Kelly Parra, MTV
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez
Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the U.S.A., Julia Alvarez
Estrellas Quinceañera, Malin Alegria, Simon Pulse
Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya
Adios to My Old Life, Caridad Ferrer, MTB Pocket Books
Heat, Mike Lupica
Chasing the Jaguar, Michele Domínguez Greene, Harper Teen
Lorenzo's Secret Mission, Lila Guzman and Rick Guzman, Arte Público Press
White Bread Competition, Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández, Arte Público Press
Crash Boom Love: A Novel in Verse, Juan Felipe Herrera, University of New Mexico Press
And Now Miguel, Joseph Krumgold, Houghton Mifflin
Call Me Henri, Lorraine M. Lopez, Curbstone Press
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Drift: A Novel, Manuel Luis Martinez, Picador
Finding Our Way, René Saldaña Jr., Wendy Lamb Books
(A collection of short stories depicting Ufe growing up Hispanic in America)
How to Be a Chicana Role Model, Michèle M. Serros, Penguin
So Hard to Say, Alex Sanchez, Simon & Schuster (Gay characters)
Tommy Stands Alone, Gloria Velazquez, Arte Público Press (Gay characters)
Hard Love, Ellen Wittlinger, Simon $ Schuster (Gay characters)
Accidental Love, Gary Soto, Harcourt
The Afterlife, Gary Soto, Harcourt,
Help Wanted: Stories, Gary Soto, Harcourt Children's Books
(Ten short stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans)
Crazy Loco, David Talbot Rice, Puffin
Haters, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Litde, Brown Young Readers
Hiding Low on the Streets of Gold, Judith Ortiz Cofer
Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls, Betsy Franco
Last Night I Sang to the Monster
*Dope Sick, Walter Dean Myers & many books by Myers deals with low SES teens overcoming.
* Trino's Choice, Diane Gonzales Bertrand
*The Tequila Worm, Viola Canales
*Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida, Victor Martinez
*Republic of East L.A.: Stories, Luis Rodriguez, HarperCollins
*Breaking Through, Francisco Jiménez, Houghton Mifflin
Under the Mesquite, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Lee & Low Books
Dark Dude, Oscar Hijuelos, Antheneum Books for Young Readers
Confetti Girl, Diana Lopez
The Brothers Torres, Coert Voorhees
Desert Passage, P.S. Carrillo, Pinata Books
Historia De Carlito, Max Benavides & Katherine Del Monte, Lectura Books
Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Scholastic
Behind the Eyes, Francisco X. Stork, Dutton Juvenile (Setting in S.A.)
Graffiti Girl, Kelly Parra, MTV
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez
Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the U.S.A., Julia Alvarez
Estrellas Quinceañera, Malin Alegria, Simon Pulse
Bless Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya
Adios to My Old Life, Caridad Ferrer, MTB Pocket Books
Heat, Mike Lupica
Chasing the Jaguar, Michele Domínguez Greene, Harper Teen
Lorenzo's Secret Mission, Lila Guzman and Rick Guzman, Arte Público Press
White Bread Competition, Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández, Arte Público Press
Crash Boom Love: A Novel in Verse, Juan Felipe Herrera, University of New Mexico Press
And Now Miguel, Joseph Krumgold, Houghton Mifflin
Call Me Henri, Lorraine M. Lopez, Curbstone Press
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Benjamin Alire Saenz
Drift: A Novel, Manuel Luis Martinez, Picador
Finding Our Way, René Saldaña Jr., Wendy Lamb Books
(A collection of short stories depicting Ufe growing up Hispanic in America)
How to Be a Chicana Role Model, Michèle M. Serros, Penguin
So Hard to Say, Alex Sanchez, Simon & Schuster (Gay characters)
Tommy Stands Alone, Gloria Velazquez, Arte Público Press (Gay characters)
Hard Love, Ellen Wittlinger, Simon $ Schuster (Gay characters)
Accidental Love, Gary Soto, Harcourt
The Afterlife, Gary Soto, Harcourt,
Help Wanted: Stories, Gary Soto, Harcourt Children's Books
(Ten short stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans)
Crazy Loco, David Talbot Rice, Puffin
Haters, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Litde, Brown Young Readers
Hiding Low on the Streets of Gold, Judith Ortiz Cofer
Things I Have to Tell You: Poems and Writings by Teenage Girls, Betsy Franco
Non-fiction/memoirAlways Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A., Luis Rodriguez, Curbstone Press
Every Human Has Rights, A photographic declaration for kids, National Geographic
Every Human Has Rights, A photographic declaration for kids, National Geographic
Denied, Detained, Deported by Ann Bausum
Marching Freedom -helps teach tolerance (integrated lesson @ http://www.tolerance.org) & photo
essay for reluctant readers
essay for reluctant readers
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