[LM_NET] HIT: Selecting Quality Spanish Materials for Children

[Esmeralda Majors <exm002@SHSU.EDU>]

Thanks to all who responded.  I plan to follow through with all of your
suggestions.  Here are the responses.


You are fortunate to be in Houston which is the home of DLB Educational
Corporation:  http://www.dlbeduc.net/  .  They have extensive catalogs of
Spanish and bilingual materials that you can purchase in library bindings.
If materials are only available in paperback (as many Spanish language
materials seem to be), they can get it "prebound" for you in hard cover. 
So
that is a good source if your district has chosen them as a vendor.  If not,
see if you can get them approved so they can help you with your library
needs.


I also wanted  to point out to check the website for the Tomas Rivera Award:
http://www.education.txstate.edu/subpages/tomasrivera/index.html

On this website, you will also find links to the Pura Belpre Award and the
Barahona Center which can also help you in your book selection.


I use Lectorum for a lot of my Spanish materials, some in dual language.
 I also have gone through the Perma-Bound on-line catalog to find
additional titles.  There is also a publishing company out of U of H which
do dual language publications.


Dr. Isabel Schon from the Barahona Center for the Study of Books in
Spanish for Children and Adolescents at California State University San
Marcos maintains a database of recommended books in Spanish, bilingual
books, and books in English about Latinos. The website is at
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/.


Here is a great website to look at for Spanish materials.
http://www.cincopuntos.com/

The SLD also has good resources for Spanish-speaking patrons.
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/hispanic.html


Esmeralda Majors
Librarian, Lewis Elementary
emajors@springisd.org
esmajors@yahoo.com

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