LatinaLista — With current political rhetoric painting a broad characterization of who Latinos are these days, amplifying the Latinx voice and experience is as important as ever. A new imprint of Ohio State University (OSU) is creating such an…
LatinaLista — According to consumer research, 70 percent of people trust brand recommendations from their friends. The same can be said for books too. How many times have we picked up a book — either at the library, book…
By Sarah Dalen LatinaLista It starts with a photograph. Two men pose for a portrait, lightly, but affectionately, holding hands. The pose might not seem extraordinary today, but this photo, taken around 1935 in Douglas, Arizona, features two Sonoran…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista Nobody rises to lower expectations. That’s what Martha Casazza, an education consultant from Chicago, learned during the four years she spent interviewing Latinos in Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood. Casazza’s book “Dreaming Forward: Latino Voices Enhance…
By Sarah Dahlen LatinaLista “I am whom I have been waiting for/No one can complete me/Because I can complete myself.” These lines from Cinthya Martinez’ poem “The East” are a fitting beginning to a book on Latina spirituality. Fleshing…
By Sarah Dahlen LatinaLista Have you heard about Hutto? That is, the T. Don Hutto Correctional Center in Taylor, Texas that came under scrutiny for its incarceration of immigrant children (along with their parents) who were apprehended by Immigration…
LatinaLista — In 1994, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison began to keep track of the diversity in children’s literature. The cooperative didn’t just want to know how many books…
By Valarie Budayr CBC Diversity We are thrilled to welcome yet another author to our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Spotlight: Shining the Light on Inclusive Authors & Illustrators series! This week we are shining the spotlight on Meg Medina,…
By Kenny Garcia LatinaLista In 2010, the Arizona state legislature passed H.B. 2281, which prohibited the teaching of courses that were designed for a specific ethnic group, advocated ethnic solidarity, promoted the overthrow of the United States government, or…
By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie tintafresca.us Albert Espinosa’s vision of life could have been bleak and dark indeed. Yet it isn’t, in spite of the cancer that nearly killed him. Instead, for this writer, director, screenwriter for film, theater, and…
LatinaLista — Aside from parents and teachers, role models are an essential part of every student’s learning experience. The Latino community is lucky to have many inspiring role models and next month more students will get the chance to…
LatinaLista — Last year, Dr. Viviana Hurtado and Monica “Mommy Maestra” Olivera of Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) broke ground by launching the first-ever online Latino children’s summer reading program. Concerned about the poor literacy rates among Latino children…
LatinaLista — Immigration didn’t become ‘illegal’ until 1965, according to Aviva Chomsky the author of a new book titled “Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal.” Chomsky, professor of history and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University in…
LatinaLista — It will be 18 years tomorrow (April 30) since children’s author Pat Mora forced the children’s book publishing industry to take one day out of the year to seriously consider diversity in children’s literature by proposing a…
LatinaLista — Named by the New Yorker as one of the best 20 writers under 40, Daniel Alarcón is no stranger to portraying the human struggle through the lens of political unrest. Peruvian-born, Alabama-raised, the young author’s 2007 title…
LatinaLista — Young adult author Kami Garcia isn’t shy to say that she absolutely believes in ghosts and loves everything paranormal. While some people might be embarrassed to make such public confessions, Garcia is confessing all the way to…
By Martha Rico LatinaLista In the tale,The Cucuy Stole my Cascarones/ El Coco me robo los cascarones, by Spelile Rivas, the author taps two well-known cultural elements — cascarones and el cucuy — to produce an enjoyable bilingual tale….
By Alma Ramos-McDermott LatinaLista “Let’s Salsa, Bailemos Salsa” Lupe Ruiz-Flores; Illustrated by Robert Casilla 2013. Pinata Books (Arte Publico Press). This bilingual picture book tells the story of young Estela who didn’t get to spend much time with…
LatinaLista — Latino children’s literature is steadily attracting attention. Unfortunately, it’s not enough attention to warrant being included on some of the more prestigious top book lists. So, as in the past, whenever it was noticed there was a…
LatinaLista — With a name like Duncan Tonatiuh, it’s understandable if there’s some confusion over his background. Yet, one glimpse at any of the picture books he has authored and illustrated leaves no doubt as to the cultural pride…
By Corina Martinez Chaudhry The Latino Author This week we are grateful and pleased to present you an interview with the critically renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. Mr. Anaya provides us with a heartfelt perspective on what it took to…
LatinaLista — “We don’t need more Latino authors. We need more Latino acquisition editors.” It’s a bold statement by a woman by the name of Marcela Landres but one that reveals the crux of the problem as to why…
LatinaLista — It’s not often that an established Latino author interviews a rising Latina author before an appreciative audience but that’s what happened during the 2012 Chicago Humanities Festival. 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the…
LatinaLista — It’s another school year and another opportunity for those who want to ‘whitewash’ students’ curriculum to go at it. The most offensive form of school whitewashing is banning books by ethnic authors. Because the books reflect an…
LatinaLista — Ever since the New York Times‘ article highlighting the lack of Latino characters in children’s books, there’s been a heightened awareness to find and get books by and about Latinos into the hands of Latino children. A…
