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Hi everyone,
There are lots of articles about the Hispanic/Latino label, but this is a recent one I came across via the REFORMA listserv.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/hispanic.identity/index.html

-Lorie (in Oregon)

Looking forward to your comments on this video!
Shirley

You can see this video (for PREVIEW ONLY, not to be used in workshops without purchase) at: http://wmv.atsmedia.com/atsmedia/VIL-3_full.wmv
I also found a nice website that sums up the info:
http://www.familycare.org/news/if_the_world.htm

I'll probably incorporate a slide because 8 would be from Latin America! Thanks for pointing out this info - I think I actually received a version of this email this all started from years ago - you know - one of those spamming emails...

Stephanie Zimmerman (PA)

Thank you for posting the letter from Mario Ascencio, Lorie. I will be curious to read what American Libraries response is to what I am sure are many letters they have received about the Stephens article.

Gracias,
Emily

Lots of stats in this report that might be useful:

English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States
Shirin Hakimzadeh and D'Vera Cohn, Pew Hispanic Center

http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/82.pdf

Report dated: Nov 29, 2007

-Lorie (Oregon)

And for folks who would like to keep track of new reports coming from the Pew Hispanic Center, we have added an RSS feed to their reports to the [url http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=10562]Research & Data on Spanish Speakers[/url] area of the site.

-Emily

Hello, everyone, some of you may recall that I asked the group during our training for suggestions to find bilingual books written at the young adult level. Recently I contacted Dr. Isabel Schon at the Barahona Center, and explained my need. She replied and granted me permission to share her response below. I searched the screen for "Books in English" and "Books in Spanish," using the "Y" for Bilingual, as she describes it, and it worked in both screens.
Thanks to all of you for your continued enthusiasm and sharing - it's downright inspiring!
Marcia Sarnowski

From Isabel Schon:
To assist you in selecting high-quality bilingual books (Spanish/English) for rural Spanish-speaking communities, I believe you should consider bilingual books written for a younger reading level. As you know, learning a second language is never easy. Hence, it is much better to start either English or Spanish learners with easier books and increase the reading level as the reader’s knowledge of the second language improves. I invite you to visit our Web site <www.csusm.edu/csb/>. Under “Recommended Books” you can query access our searchable database of commendable books in Spanish for children and adolescents published around the world. (Select SUBJECTS of interest and type "Y" for BILINGUAL and note that you can select from GRADES 3 to 5, or GRADES 7 to 10, or whatever combination you think is necessary.) More than 12,000 in print books that deserve to be read by Spanish-speaking children and adolescents (or those who wish to learn Spanish or English) are in the database. These books have been selected because of their quality of art and writing, presentation of material, and appeal to the intended audience. To provide equal access to the Spanish-speaking world, bibliographic information, grade level, subject headings, and a brief description of each book are available in both English and Spanish. Weekly updates of recent titles are provided.

An important issue that you should keep in mind is the increasing numbers of bilingual books that are, indeed, inferior translations. These abound in literal interpretations with inappropriate expressions, mangled grammar or ambiguous sentences that do not reflect the beauty, rhythm and spirit of the English or the Spanish language. It is important to remember that readers enjoy and respond to beautifully written books with artfully chosen words in a fresh, natural style—a characteristic that is not too common in many bilingual books. On our Web site we have taken great care in selecting only high-quality books.

Also you might be interested in my books, which include bilingual books:

Schon, I. Recommended Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults. 2000-2004. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8108-5196-2. 415p.

Schon, I. The Best of Latino Heritage: A Guide to the Best Juvenile Books about Latino People and Cultures. 1996-2002. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8108-4669-1. 269p.

Schon, I. Recommended Books in Spanish for Children and Young Adults, 1996-1999. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-8108-3840-0. 363p.

Schon, I. The Best of the Latino Heritage: A Guide to the Best Juvenile Books about Latino People and Cultures. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8108-3221-6. 286p.

In addition, users can query access our database of more than 1,000 recommended books in English about Hispanic/Latino people and cultures for children and adolescents.

This Web site also provides information about the Center’s workshops, publications, and special activities as well as links to its sponsors’ homepages.

The following are U.S. distributors of books in Spanish:

Brodart
500 Arch Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
(800) 233-8467
Fax: 570-326-1479
www.brodart.com
(Note that you can link from our homepage directly to theirs.)

Continental Book Company
6425 Washington Street, #7
Denver, CO 802291
(303) 289-1761
Fax: (800) 279-1764
www.continentalbook.com
(Note that you can link from our homepage directly to theirs.)

Lectorum Publications, Inc.
524 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
(800) 345-5946
(212) 929-2833
Fax: (877) 532-8676 (Toll free)
www.lectorum.com
(Note that you can link from our homepage directly to theirs.)

With best wishes to you I am,

Isabel Schon, Ph.D
Director
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
Centro Barahona para el Estudio de Libros Infantiles y Juveniles en Español
California State University San Marcos
333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Road
San Marcos, CA 92096-0001 USA
Tel: (760) 750-4070
Fax: (760) 750-4073
www.csusm.edu/csb/
e-mail: ischon@csusm.edu

We received a copy of the citizenship toolkit, but had a hard time figuring out what to do with it. On the one hand, it's full of great resources. On the other hand, it has lots of parts to it, making it difficult to circulate (keeping track of all those parts).

There is an organization in town that teaches citizenship classes here in Eugene, so we contacted them to see if they would be able to use the kit. They were thrilled, so we have passed it along to them.

I'm wondering how other public libraries are handling this kit. Are you circulating it, adding it to your reference collection, or perhaps you've figured out a creative way to make it available???

Lorie (Team Oregon)

Hi Lorie,
Please do attend the webinar! I know the project coordinator would love to be able to respond to these questions and help libraries get the best use out of these resources.

And I just wanted say how impressed I am with the level of activity that has been going on the discussion boards these last few months. You all have shared wonderful resources, and I'm trying to keep up with them all

~Emily