query re: K-12 heritage language book selection

[Jennie Ver Steeg <C60JEV1@WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU>]

A cohort of students in our summer TESOL academy are writing a proposal
for their class that buying heritage language materials for the school
library will result in ESL students' learning English more quickly, that
materials in both English and the heritage language should be available
to the student. So far so good. They wonder if I can track down lists of
suggested books or international award winners in the top ten languages
spoken in Illinois homes other than English (so we are looking for books
published, typically, abroad):

Spanish
Polish
Korean
Russian
Vietnamese
Urdu
Serbian
Cantonese Chinese
Gujarati

Spanish I have handled, but as I don't speak Gujarati, I don't know if
I would know a list of good books for K-12 in Gujarati if I was staring
right at it. It seems that the Booklist columns I remember are always
lists of adult materials in heritage languages, of course. As well, we
could identify titles, but then actually putting the proposal into
motion would be a very interesting, if not impossible, task for any
school library. Any thoughts, lists, resources, etc? Thanks so much!

Jennie E. Ver Steeg
Education Liaison Librarian
207 Founders Memorial Library
Northern Illinois University
De Kalb, Illinois 60115
voice 815-753-1351
fax 815-753-2003
jversteeg@niu.edu
floodhover@hotmail.com

"Many are cold, but few are frozen."

Joy Ver Steeg

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