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CONTENTS FOREWORD: A PROMISE FOR A BETTER WORLD by Janet Hill and Anthony L. Manna 8 MOVING FROM ISOLATION TO COMMUNITY 9 THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS 13 RESPONSIBILITY 16 INTRODUCTION 23 SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THIS BOOK ................................................................... .................... 27.... ABOUT VOLUMES I AND II ................................................................ .........................................30 PART I MY LIFE AS AN AUTHOR AN AUTHOR¿S JOURNEY ......................................................................... ................................31 WRITING FOR YOUNG READERS................................................................... ..............................37 THE SPECIAL PROCESS OF CREATING PICTURE BOOKS.................................. .............................57 CO-AUTHORING BOOKS: F. ISABEL CAMPOY.................................................................................61 WHEN WORDS SING: SUNI PAZ 69 THE READINGS THAT STARTED MY JOURNEY....................................................................... ...... 68 PART II CREATING ORIGINAL PICTURE BOOKS LETTERS AND I ................................................................................................ ..................................... 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE HIDDEN FOREST WORLD 5 Dear Peter Rabbit / Querido Pedrín Yours truly, Goldilocks / Atentamente Ricitos de oro With Love, Little Red Hen A New Job for Perez the Mouse/Ratoncito Pérez, cartero ABOUT THE CHARACTERS .....................................................................................7 .....................7 *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS............................. ........................8 LETTER WRITING............................................................ .......................................... 8 MAPS AND DIRECTIONS................................................... .......................................9 CREATING BOOKS............................................................. ......................................9 HOME-SCHOOL INTERACTION......................................... .....................................10 NEWSPAPERS AND I THE ROLE OF NEWSPAPERS IN MY LIFE 11 Hidden Forest Times *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS................................................ ................................14 CREATING A CLASSROOM OR LIBRARY NEWSPAPER 15 LATINO IDENTITY ...................................................................................... .................................16 IN SEARCH OF A COMMON NAME............................................... ..............................20 A DUAL HERITAGE 22 I Love Saturdays y domingos Me encantan los Saturdays y domingos *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 23 A GENEALOGICAL TREE 23 LEARNING ABOUT GRANDPARENT 23 WRITING ABOUT GRANDPARENTS 23 THE JOY OF FAMILY AND TRADITIONS 25 THE YEARLY MIRACLE OF CHRISTMAS TIME 25 The Christmas Tree-El rbol de Navidad *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 27 IF YOU CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS WITH US IN OUR HOME 27 : CHILDREN OR FAMILIES¿ OWN ANTHOLOGIES 27 PI; ATAS: WONDERS AND SURPRISES......................................... ....................................... 28 The Empty Piñata/La Piñata vacía *TEACHERS¿ AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 31 THE FARM WORKERS¿ EXPERIENCE 32 Gathering the Sun *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 34 SHARING OTHER BOOKS AND TEXTS 34 My Mother Plants Strawberries/Mi mama siembra fresas DRAMATIZATION OF GATHERING THE SUN 35 EXPANDING THE POEM ORGULLO/PRIDE 35 INTERVIEWS.................................................................................... ..........................36 BIOGRAPHIES................................................................................ ............................36 KINDER CAMINATA TO HONOR CÉSAR CHÁVEZ................... ............................36 BOOKS ABOUT WORK IN THE FIELDS ............... ..........................................37 PARENTS AS AUTHORS.................................................... ................................37 CHILDHOOD MEMORIES................................................................. ................................. 38 Pregones [Vendors¿ Calls] Barquitos de papel [Paper Boats] Barriletes [Kites] Días de circo [Circus Days] *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS............................................... .................................41 CHILDREN AUTHENTIC WRITING .................................. .....................................41 THE RICHNESS OF CHILDREN¿S FOLKLORE..................................................... ..............................42 Pin pin sarabín [Childhood Games] ¡Pío Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes Mam Goose. A Latino Nursery Treasury Música amiga [Friendly Music] *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS .............................................. ................................43 CHILDREN OR FAMILY¿S OWN ANTHOLOGIES............... .................................43 DIVERSITY ................................................................................................ .................................. 44 FRIENDSHIP IN DIVERSITY: THE JOY OF LIFE 44 Friend Frog Friends/Amigos/Zanmi A Surprise for Mother Rabbit/La sorpresa de Mam Coneja In the Cow¿s Backyard /La hamaca de la vaca Strange Visitors/Una extraña visita *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS ............................................... ................................49 THE CHILDREN¿S OWN ABCS............................................... .................................49 DIVERSITY AND FREEDOM ....................................................................50 ................................ 52 El reino de la geometría [The Kingdom of Geometry] *TEACHERS¿ AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS .................................................... .........................51 THE CHILDREN¿S OWN KINGDOM........................................... ............................51 FRIENDS ARE............................................................................ ................................51 INVOLVING THE FAMILIES 51 THE WORLD OF NATURE ......................... ........53 GROWING UP IN NATURE......................................................................................... ......... 53 THE WONDERS OF A SEED........................................................................................... ...... 55 After the Storm/Después de la tormenta Just a Seed / Una semilla nada m s THE WONDERS IN AN EGG:........................................................................................ ........56 Daniel¿s Pet Daniel¿s Mystery Egg Who¿s Hatching Here?/¿Quien nacer aquí? Rose with Wings/Rosa alada NO, I DON¿T LIKE TO EAT BUGS 60 The Song of the Teeny-Tiny Mosquito/ El canto del mosquito BIRDS AND HELPERS .................................................................................................. ......62 A Surprise for Mother Rabbit/La sorpresa de Mam Coneja El pañuelo de seda [The Silk Scarf] *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIAN¿S IDEAS..................................... .........................................63 AFTER READING THE SONG OF THE TEENY-TINY MOSQUITO... ..................63 AFTER READING EL PA; UELO DE SEDA [THE SILK SCARF] 63 THE WORLD OF FANTASY ........................................................................................ ..............66 Serafina¿s Birthday Scenes from Roll¿N¿Role / Teatrin de Don Crispín Olmo and the Blue Butterfly/Olmo y la mariposa azul *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS:............................................................ ...................68 CREATNG A BLUE BUTTERFLY 68 MAKING BOOKS 68 IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY 69 El cuadradito azul [The Blue Square The Unicorn of the West/El unicornio del oeste Bernice the Barnacle/M s poderoso que yo *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS. 71 RETELLING WITH OTHER CHARACTERS ................ .............. ...............................71 RETELLING FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW 71 THE PROMISE OF TRANSFORMATION 72 The Gold Coin/La moneda de oro Jordi¿s Star The Malachite Palace *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 76 MY TREASURES 77 MY OWN GOLD COINS 77 CREATING A MURAL .................................................................. ...................78 TURNING A STORY INTO A PLAY............................................... ..................79 PART III RETELLING FOLKTALES AND LEGENDS THE RICH HERITAGE OF FOLKTALES AND LEGENDS 1 The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle¿s Wedding/ El gallo que fue a la boda de su tío Half-chicken¿Mediopollito Three Golden Oranges The Lizard and the Sun¿La lagartija y el sol *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 6 WRITING FOLKTALES 6 WEARING THE AUTHOR¿S SHOES 10 A GIANT HALF-CHICKEN 11 DRAMATIZING A FOLKTALE................................................. .......................11 TRADITIONAL FOLKTALE CHARACTERS TO CONTEMPORARY SETTINGS 12 The Great-granddaughter of Cucarachita Martina/La tataranieta de Cucarachita Martina One, Two, Three. Who can it be? /Uno, dos, tres. ¿Quién es? Happy Birthday, Little Red Riding Hood / ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Caperucita Roja! The New Home for the Seven Little Goats / La casa nueva de los siete cabritos *TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS¿ IDEAS 14 RETELLING FOLKTALES IN A NEW SETTING 14 WRITING AN ¿I AM¿ BOOK 14 FOLKTALES QUILTS OR WALL-HANGERS 14 IN CLOSING 15 ALMA FLOR ADA¿S WORK FOR CHILDREN INDEX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Ada, Alma Flor.
Children -- Books and reading -- United States.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography.
Cuban American women -- Biography.