El mundo. (The World)
Cristi Jenkins, Access & Programs, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, WA - 11/01/2008 Corr, Christopher.
narrated by Javier Mendoza. illus. by author. Book and 1 CD. U.S.: Barefoot Books. 2008. 32p. ISBN 978-1-84686-208-3. $9.99. More
Cuentos para celebrar. (Stories to Celebrate)
Mercedes Smith, Kernan Trail Elementary, Jacksonville, FL - 11/01/2008 Ada, Alma Flor and F. Isabel Campoy.
narrated by Isabel C. Mendoza. 2 CDs. U.S.: Santillana. ISBN 978-1-59820-905-1. $34.95More
Juan y los frijoles mágicos. (Juan and the Magic Beans)
Cristi Jenkins, Access & Programs, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, WA - 11/01/2008 Walker, Richard.
narrated by Pedro Sabino. tr. by Esther Sarfatti. illus. by Niamh Sharkey. Book and 1 CD. U.S: Barefoot Books. 2008. 40p. ISBN 978-1-84686-216-8. $9.99. FIC.More
Mimí’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimí
Betsy Duarte Shepard, Wakefield Middle School, Tucson, AZ - 11/01/2008 Gil, Lydia M.
narrated by Lydia Gil. illus. by Hernán Sosa. Book and 1 CD. 39 mins. U.S.: Lorito Books. 2008. ISBN 978-1-55885-477-2. $23.95. FIC. More
Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint, Multicultural Support Librarian, Kutztown University October 17, 2008 New graphics and PSAs to promote bibliotecas
The American Library Association and Spanish-language broadcasting colossus Univision... More
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez—No Small Feat
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, the Cuban novelist who won this year’s Premio Alfaguara de Novela, has been traveling nonstop. His book tour brought him to New York City this past May, where he met with reporters eager to interview him on his latest accomplishment.
A place of refuge
In this issue’s cover story, Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz recounts how the library helped him discover a world he wouldn’t have known otherwise and how for him, as an immigrant child, the library was a place—and a concept—he never could have imagined. Some Hispanics, like Díaz, who was newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, will dig right in and...