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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 393 644 RC 020 539 AUTHOR Kibler, John M. TITLE Latino Voices in Children's Literature: Instructional Approaches for Developing Cultural Understanding in the Classroom. Chapter 15. PUB DATE 96 NOTE 33p.; Chapter 15 in: Children of La Frontera: Binational Efforts To Serve Mexican Migrant and Immigrant Students; see RC 020 526. PUB TYPE Information Analyses (070) Reference Materials Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adolescent Literature; Annotated Bibliographies; *Childrens Literature; *Cultural Awareness; *Culturally Relevant Education; Educational Strategies; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethnic Relations; Hispanic American Culture; *Mexican American Education; *Mexican American Literature; Mexican Americans; Multicultural Education; *Reading Material Selection IDENTIFIERS Hispanic American Students; Latinos ABSTRACT As Mexican Americana are the largest language-minority population in U.S. public schools, an investigation of literature that authentically reflects Mexican American students' cultural experience is necessary for any teacher. This chapter outlines strategies for integrating Mexican J:imerican children's literature into the structure of a classroom environment through both curricular and social methods. Multicultural literature can be used to build literacy, academic competencies, and comprehension within bilingual, English-as-a-Second-Language, and monolingual classrooms. Mexican American children's literature can provide a realistic view of the Latino community. In an ethnically diverse classroom, authentic first-person reflections of characters' lives can demonstrate to non-Latino students that the Latino community is as rich and complex a setting as their own, while at the same time providing understanding of cultural differences and insight into some of the sources of intergroup conflict. For immigrant and Latino students, culturally relevant literature can normalize and validate painful life experiences, such as traumatic resettlement, disruption of family, and discrimination, while providing a safe place for students to explore their feelings about their lives. A framework for evaluating and selecting multicultural resources is outlined. An annotated bibliography lists 61 resources, categorized as preschool-grade 3, grades 4-7, grade 8-adult, and poetry. Contains 38 references and a checklist of cultural and literary guidelines to literature selection. (SV) *************************A********************************************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. * ***********************************************************************

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Page 1: ED 393 644 RC 020 539 AUTHOR Kibler, John M. TITLE · DOCUMENT RESUME ED 393 644 RC 020 539 AUTHOR Kibler, John M. TITLE Latino Voices in Children's Literature: Instructional. Approaches

DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 393 644 RC 020 539

AUTHOR Kibler, John M.TITLE Latino Voices in Children's Literature: Instructional

Approaches for Developing Cultural Understanding inthe Classroom. Chapter 15.

PUB DATE 96NOTE 33p.; Chapter 15 in: Children of La Frontera:

Binational Efforts To Serve Mexican Migrant andImmigrant Students; see RC 020 526.

PUB TYPE Information Analyses (070) Reference MaterialsBibliographies (131)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Adolescent Literature; Annotated Bibliographies;

*Childrens Literature; *Cultural Awareness;*Culturally Relevant Education; EducationalStrategies; Elementary Secondary Education; EthnicRelations; Hispanic American Culture; *MexicanAmerican Education; *Mexican American Literature;Mexican Americans; Multicultural Education; *ReadingMaterial Selection

IDENTIFIERS Hispanic American Students; Latinos

ABSTRACTAs Mexican Americana are the largest

language-minority population in U.S. public schools, an investigationof literature that authentically reflects Mexican American students'cultural experience is necessary for any teacher. This chapteroutlines strategies for integrating Mexican J:imerican children'sliterature into the structure of a classroom environment through bothcurricular and social methods. Multicultural literature can be usedto build literacy, academic competencies, and comprehension withinbilingual, English-as-a-Second-Language, and monolingual classrooms.Mexican American children's literature can provide a realistic viewof the Latino community. In an ethnically diverse classroom,authentic first-person reflections of characters' lives candemonstrate to non-Latino students that the Latino community is asrich and complex a setting as their own, while at the same timeproviding understanding of cultural differences and insight into someof the sources of intergroup conflict. For immigrant and Latinostudents, culturally relevant literature can normalize and validatepainful life experiences, such as traumatic resettlement, disruptionof family, and discrimination, while providing a safe place forstudents to explore their feelings about their lives. A framework forevaluating and selecting multicultural resources is outlined. Anannotated bibliography lists 61 resources, categorized aspreschool-grade 3, grades 4-7, grade 8-adult, and poetry. Contains 38references and a checklist of cultural and literary guidelines toliterature selection. (SV)

*************************A*********************************************

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document. *

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sary

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ter

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win

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in th

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dSt

ates

rea

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e co

ncep

t of

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entic

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t ser

ve a

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foun

datio

n fo

r th

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atio

n. A

fra

mew

ork

for

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ticul

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thin

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wou

ld r

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lege

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240

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

ther

e ar

e th

ousa

nds

of o

ther

cul

ture

s an

d th

ey a

ll w

ork

pret

ty w

ell;

that

all c

ultu

res

func

tion

on f

aith

rat

her

than

trut

h; th

at th

ere

are

lots

of

alte

rnat

ives

to o

ur o

wn

soci

ety.

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tura

l rel

ativ

ity is

def

ensi

ble

and

attr

activ

e.It

's a

lso

a so

urce

of

hope

.It

mea

ns w

e do

n't h

ave

toco

ntin

ue th

is w

ay if

we

don'

t lik

e it.

Kur

t Von

negu

t, Jr

. (19

74)

Intr

oduc

tion

1 ha

t is

cultu

re?

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t arc

its

com

pone

nts?

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doe

s it

affe

ct th

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eatio

n of

an

indi

vidu

al?

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doe

s it

affe

ct th

e or

gani

zatio

nsan

d sy

stem

s in

whi

ch in

divi

dual

s pa

rtic

ipat

e? A

dis

cuss

ion

ofth

ese

four

que

stio

ns p

rovi

des

a st

rong

theo

retic

al f

ound

atio

n fo

r th

e in

te-

grat

ion

of c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

into

cur

ricu

lar

cont

ent a

reas

.C

ultu

re is

mor

e th

an m

ere

cust

om th

at c

an b

e sh

ed o

r ch

ange

d lik

e a

suit

of c

loth

es.

It is

dyn

amic

, lea

rned

, and

cre

ativ

e.It

is b

oth

cons

ciou

s an

dun

cons

ciou

s.It

is s

ymbo

lic, i

nflu

entia

l, an

d or

gani

zed.

It is

als

o hi

ghly

indi

vidu

al. I

t is

not m

erel

y th

e fi

ve F

's o

f fo

od, f

ashi

on, f

estiv

als,

fam

ous

peop

le, a

nd f

olkl

ore.

Nor

is it

the

artif

acts

and

mat

eria

ls u

sed

by p

eopl

e or

a la

undr

y lis

t of

thei

r be

havi

ors,

val

ues,

and

act

ions

. It d

efie

s st

ereo

typi

cde

pict

ion

of g

roup

s of

peo

ple

in te

levi

sion

, mov

ies,

new

spap

ers,

and

oth

erm

edia

.

Cul

ture

in it

s cl

eare

st r

ealit

y is

a m

eans

of

surv

ival

. As

educ

ator

s be

gin

to b

uild

mul

ticul

tura

l lea

rnin

g en

viro

nmen

ts in

whi

ch s

tude

nts

posi

tivel

yan

d su

bsta

ntiv

ely

inte

ract

acr

oss

cultu

ral l

ines

, mul

ticul

tura

l pro

gram

min

gco

ncer

ning

cur

ricu

lar

inte

grat

ion

and

stud

ent a

war

enes

s ap

pear

s ve

ry a

t-tr

activ

e an

d se

ems

a st

rong

sol

utio

n.T

here

are

, how

ever

, sev

eral

key

com

pone

nts

to th

is p

roce

ss th

at m

erit

the

utm

ost a

ttent

ion.

The

inte

nt, t

hepr

epar

atio

n, a

nd th

e tr

aini

ng o

f al

l ind

ivid

uals

invo

lved

are

par

amou

nt, a

ndin

man

y in

stan

ces,

ove

rloo

ked.

In s

choo

ls a

ll ov

er th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, gro

ups

of s

tude

nts

with

dif

fere

ntcu

ltura

l and

soc

ial h

isto

ries

are

bro

ught

toge

ther

, and

unp

repa

red

educ

ator

sw

ith th

e be

st o

f in

tent

ions

sim

ply

hope

for

pos

itive

rcs

uits

. No

prog

ram

will

be

effe

ctiv

e if

impl

emen

ted

as a

sol

utio

n to

the

"pro

blem

s" a

ssoc

iatc

dw

ith a

cul

tura

lly d

iffe

rent

gro

up o

f pe

rson

s. T

he m

ost t

ypic

al s

cena

rio

ofth

is p

roce

ss is

exe

mpl

ifie

d by

the

unst

ruct

ured

and

sup

erfi

cial

inte

grat

ion

of c

ultu

re in

to th

e ed

ucat

iona

l env

iron

men

t thr

ough

suc

h ef

fort

s as

eth

nic

food

fes

tival

s an

d in

tern

atio

nal c

ultu

ral f

airs

. How

ever

, eve

n th

cn, i

f th

isin

tegr

atio

n of

div

ersi

ty d

oesn

't w

ork,

thc

stud

cnts

arc

bla

med

or

chro

nic

prob

lem

s co

ncer

ning

big

otry

are

cite

d as

the

core

rea

son

why

suc

h ac

tion

was

uns

ucce

ssfu

l.

JOH

NM

.K

IBLE

R24

1

Wha

t is

mis

sing

fro

m th

ese

scen

ario

s is

a r

eal u

nder

stan

ding

of

wha

tcu

lture

is, i

ts im

pact

on

the

crea

tion

of a

n in

divi

dual

, as

wel

l as

the

cont

ext

that

cul

tura

l aw

aren

ess

prov

ides

for

com

mun

icat

ion

and

rela

tions

hips

in th

ein

terc

ultu

ral e

nvir

onm

ent.

A u

sefu

l fra

mew

ork

for

conc

eptu

aliz

ing

the

impa

ct w

hich

cul

ture

has

on

an in

divi

dual

's p

erso

nalit

y de

velo

pmen

t can

be

glea

ned

from

Lew

in's

(193

5) a

nd B

ronf

enbr

enne

r's (

1979

) fo

rmul

as f

or id

entif

ying

the

unde

rly-

ing

com

pone

nts

of h

uman

beh

avio

r an

d hu

man

psy

chol

ogic

al d

evel

op-

men

t. L

ewin

con

tend

s th

at b

ehav

ior

is a

join

t fun

ctio

n of

an

indi

vidu

alpe

rson

inte

ract

ing

with

his

env

iron

men

t.B

ronf

enbr

enne

r ex

tend

s th

isfo

rmul

a to

des

crib

e th

e dy

nam

ic p

roce

ss o

f hu

man

per

sona

lity/

psyc

holo

gi-

cal d

evel

opm

ent a

s a

join

t fun

ctio

n of

per

son

and

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Ape

rson

is d

efin

ed a

s an

inte

rrel

ated

col

lect

ion

of c

ompl

ex c

hara

cter

istic

sth

at a

re th

e re

sults

of

that

per

son

inte

ract

ing

with

the

envi

ronm

ent o

ver

time.

The

env

iron

men

t is

also

def

ined

as

a dy

nam

ic in

terr

elat

ed c

olle

ctio

nof

com

plex

cha

ract

eris

tics

that

are

evo

lvin

g ov

er ti

me

and

infl

uenc

ed b

y th

epe

rson

s an

d or

gani

zatio

ns e

xist

ing

with

in it

.B

olge

r, C

aspi

, Dow

ney,

and

Moo

rcho

use

(198

8) p

rovi

de a

cle

ar u

nder

-st

andi

ng o

f th

at e

ver-

chan

ging

env

iron

men

t thr

ough

thei

r de

scri

ptio

n of

itas

a c

ompl

ex s

yste

m o

f ph

ysic

al, c

ultu

ral,

and

hist

oric

al f

acto

rs th

at in

tera

ctw

ith e

ach

othe

r an

d w

ith th

e de

velo

ping

indi

vidu

als.

It i

s B

olge

r's c

onte

n-tio

n th

at in

divi

dual

s sh

are

expe

rien

ces

and

infl

uenc

es th

at c

an b

e lin

ked

toth

eir

mem

bers

hip

in h

ighe

r-le

vel s

yste

ms,

suc

h as

fam

ilies

, org

aniz

atio

ns,

com

mun

ities

, soc

ietie

s, a

nd h

isto

rica

l per

iods

. Thu

s th

ese

deve

lopm

enta

lco

ntex

ts a

re c

ouch

ed w

ithin

hie

rarc

hica

l str

uctu

res

that

ran

ge f

rom

mac

ro-

leve

l set

tings

suc

h as

soc

ial c

lass

or

cultu

re to

mic

ro-l

evel

con

text

s su

ch a

sfa

mily

, sch

ool,

wor

k, o

r a

leis

ure

setti

ng.

Thi

s th

eore

tical

fra

mew

ork

serv

es a

s a

foun

datio

n fo

r un

ders

tand

ing

the

com

plex

pro

cess

of

psyc

ho-

logi

cal d

evel

opm

ent a

nd c

ultu

ral d

evel

opm

ent o

f al

l stu

dent

s. T

his

fram

e-w

ork

also

und

ersc

ores

the

falla

cy o

f se

ekin

g to

und

erst

and

any

syst

em o

ror

gani

zatio

n in

whi

ch it

vliv

idua

ls p

artic

ipat

e w

ithou

t a c

lear

and

in-d

epth

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

cul

ture

and

its

effe

ct o

n hu

man

dev

elop

men

t.T

his

impo

rtan

t kno

wle

dge

mus

t be

a pa

rt o

f th

e pl

anni

ng a

nd im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

any

edu

catio

nal p

rogr

am. C

onte

xt is

eve

ryth

ing.

Succ

ess

orfa

ilure

dep

ends

on

how

wel

l the

env

iron

men

t has

bee

n pr

epar

ed a

ndw

heth

er p

ract

ition

ers

have

bee

n tr

aine

d to

han

dle

the

inhe

rent

cha

lleng

esw

ith c

onfi

denc

e, a

war

enes

s, e

mpa

thy,

and

res

pect

.It

is im

port

ant t

o be

rea

listic

abo

ut th

e gr

eat s

kill

requ

ired

for

an

educ

ator

to b

e ca

pabl

e of

cre

atin

g a

clas

sroo

m w

here

no

grea

t rif

t exi

sts

betw

een

raci

al, e

thni

c, s

ocia

l, an

d lin

guis

tic g

roup

s, a

nd w

here

stu

dent

s ar

e op

en to

wel

com

ing

new

and

dif

fere

nt m

embe

rs in

to th

eir

clas

sroo

m c

ultu

re.

It is

unre

alis

tic to

exp

ect t

each

ers

to k

now

eve

ryth

ing

abou

t all

grou

ps o

fpe

ople

. It i

s, h

owev

er, r

ealis

tic to

exp

ect b

oth

teac

hers

and

stu

dent

s to

be

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242

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

open

to le

arni

ngab

out o

ther

peo

ple

and

thei

r ex

peri

ence

s,an

d to

use

one

anot

her's

kno

wle

dge

as r

esou

rces

to b

ecom

em

ultic

ultu

rally

com

pete

nt

(Ngu

yen

& K

ible

r, 1

993)

.T

his

prac

tice

is th

e ke

y to

the

inte

grat

ion

of

lingu

istic

ally

or

cultu

rally

diff

eren

t stu

dent

s in

to th

e in

terc

ultu

ral

clis

s-

room

env

iron

men

t.A

s th

e po

ol o

f ed

ucat

ors

who

se c

ultu

ral m

embe

rshi

pis

with

in s

o-ca

lled

"min

ority

gro

ups"

con

tinue

s to

dim

inis

h, th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

aut

hent

iccu

l-

tura

l inf

orm

atio

n in

to c

lass

room

inst

ruct

ion

mus

tbec

ome

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y

of a

ll ed

ucat

ors

(Zei

chne

r, 1

990)

. It i

s no

tthe

rol

e of

eth

nic

com

mun

ities

to

educ

ate

the

wor

ld a

bout

thei

r hi

stor

ies

and

curr

ent d

imen

sion

s, u

nles

s th

ey

choo

se to

do

so. C

ultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

shou

ld b

e ut

ilize

d by

all

teac

hers

for

educ

atin

g al

l stu

dent

s be

caus

eit

is r

elev

ant a

nd im

port

ant,

and

prov

ides

an

effe

ctiv

e pe

dago

gica

l too

l for

the

teac

hing

of h

ighe

r-or

der

thin

king

ski

lls

and

mul

tiple

-per

spec

tive

prob

lem

sol

ving

.It

is ti

me

to m

ove

from

teac

hing

stud

ents

wha

t to

thin

k to

sha

ring

with

stu

dent

s a

fram

ewor

k fo

r ho

w to

thin

k

abou

t aca

dem

ic c

onte

nt a

reas

and

hum

an r

elat

ions

hips

. A n

umbe

r of

belie

fs p

rovi

de th

e fr

amew

ork

for

this

phi

loso

phy.

The

wor

ld is

incr

easi

ngly

inte

rdep

ende

nt, c

ompl

ex,

and

chan

ging

. Iso

-

latio

nism

is n

ot a

via

ble

solu

tion.

Cul

ture

is th

e fi

lter

thro

ugh

whi

ch e

ach

indi

vidu

al m

akes

sen

se o

f th

e lo

cal e

nvir

onm

ent.

An

awar

enes

s of

the

impa

ct th

at c

ultu

re h

as o

n an

yst

uden

t's in

telle

ctua

l and

per

sona

l dev

elop

-

men

t is

a vi

tal p

art o

f te

ache

red

ucat

ion

and

nece

ssar

y fo

r cr

eatin

g su

cces

s-

ful s

tude

nt le

arni

ng e

nvir

onm

ents

.In

terc

onne

ctio

ns e

xist

am

ong

cultu

ral c

once

pts,

and

stud

ents

sho

uld

unde

rsta

nd th

ese

conn

ectio

ns. U

nder

stan

ding

who

we

are

and

how

we

got

to b

e th

at w

ay is

an

inte

gral

par

tof u

nder

stan

ding

the

wor

ld. I

n its

cle

ares

t

esse

nce,

this

mea

ns b

ecom

ing

awar

eof

cul

ture

and

its

impa

ct o

n ea

ch o

f

our

lives

.In

the

mul

ticul

tura

l Uni

ted

Stat

es, w

e m

ust

thin

k lo

cally

, reg

iona

lly, a

nd

natio

nally

, in

addi

tion

to th

inki

ng in

tern

atio

nally

.T

he s

eque

nce

from

loca

l

to in

tern

atio

nal i

s pa

ram

ount

. It i

s im

port

ant

that

stu

dent

s se

e th

emse

lves

and

thei

r cu

lture

ref

lect

ed in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

t. T

hey

mus

t gro

w c

omfo

rt-

able

with

the

idea

that

per

cept

ual d

iffe

renc

esex

ist b

etw

een

vari

ous

cultu

ral

and

soci

al e

xper

ienc

es. T

oo o

ften

teac

hers

thin

k in

term

s of

"st

rang

e la

nds

and

frie

ndly

peo

ples

"; it

is a

ssum

ed th

atth

e w

orld

is c

ultu

rally

div

erse

, but

our

own

neig

hbor

hood

s ar

e no

t (H

offm

an,1

992)

. It i

s on

ly b

y kn

owin

g ou

r

neig

hbor

s be

tter,

how

ever

, tha

t we

can

bette

r kn

ow th

e w

orld

.It

is

impo

rtan

t tha

t edu

cato

rs r

ecog

nize

that

the

pres

ent,

the

past

, the

com

mon

-

plac

e, th

e fa

mili

ar, a

nd th

elo

cal a

re r

esou

rces

for

kno

win

g ou

r gl

obal

com

mun

ity. D

iver

sity

exi

sts

all

arou

nd u

s; w

e ne

ed o

nly

to lo

ok a

t our

neig

hbor

hood

s to

see

it.

It is

not

nec

essa

rily

som

ethi

ng th

at is

outs

ide

of

ours

elve

s or

our

eve

ryda

y liv

es.

The

term

inte

rcul

tura

lwill

be

used

in th

is c

hapt

er, i

nste

ad o

fmul

ticul

-

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

243

tura

l, gl

obal

, or

inte

rnat

iona

l. T

his

usag

e em

phas

izes

the

inte

rcon

nect

ed"f

eel"

or

psyc

holo

gica

l sta

'e th

at e

xist

s w

ithin

the

conc

epts

of

com

mun

ityan

d en

viro

nmen

t. H

ow d

o di

vers

e pe

rson

s co

me

toge

ther

in a

n en

viro

n-m

ent a

nd c

reat

e a

way

of

livin

g to

geth

er p

rodu

ctiv

ely?

We

can

have

mul

ticul

tura

l cla

ssro

oms

that

con

sist

of

child

ren

from

man

y di

ffer

ent c

ul-

ture

s, b

ut th

ey m

ay n

ot b

e in

tera

ctin

g an

d le

arni

ng to

und

erst

and

one

anot

her

(Hof

fman

, 199

2). T

he te

rm "

inte

rcul

tura

l" a

ddre

sses

this

issu

em

ost e

ffec

tivel

y.A

ny p

iece

of

qual

ity li

tera

ture

can

ser

ve a

mul

titud

e of

pur

pose

s, o

ne o

fw

hich

is p

rovi

ding

cul

tura

l inf

orm

atio

n, e

xpos

ure,

and

und

erst

andi

ng.

Vie

win

g th

e La

tino

Com

mun

ity a

nd L

angu

age

Min

ority

Edu

catio

n R

ealis

tical

ly"J

ust t

ell t

hem

who

we

are

and

that

we

are

not a

ll al

ike,

" w

as M

arga

rita

Avi

la's

res

pons

e to

Ear

l Sho

rris

' que

stio

n ab

out w

hat t

o te

ll th

e w

orld

abo

utL

atin

os in

his

199

2 bo

ok. T

o th

e pe

ople

of

Span

ish-

spea

king

cou

ntri

es,

ther

e is

no

gene

ric

Lat

ino/

His

pani

c ex

peri

ence

, and

the

vari

ous

grou

ps th

atm

ake

up w

hat w

e si

mpl

istic

ally

ref

er to

as

"His

pani

c" o

r "L

atin

o" a

re n

ot

inte

rcha

ngea

ble.

The

Mex

ican

Am

eric

an p

opul

atio

n is

no

less

div

erse

than

whe

n it

bega

n

(Góm

ez-Q

uifi

ones

, 199

0).

It is

a h

eter

ogen

eous

pop

ulat

ion

with

dis

tinct

subg

roup

s th

at m

anif

est d

iffe

rent

exp

erie

nces

and

ada

ptat

ion

proc

esse

s to

life

in th

e U

nite

d St

atcs

. Som

e M

exic

an A

mer

ican

s ar

e m

ore

inte

grat

edin

to U

.S. s

ocie

ty th

an o

ther

s. C

onse

quen

tly, t

here

are

dif

fere

nces

in c

lass

,cu

ltura

l ori

enta

tion,

eth

nic

iden

tific

atio

n, a

nd c

onsc

ious

ness

, as

wel

l as

diff

eren

ces

betw

een

imm

igra

nts

and

noni

mm

igra

nts

(Sho

rris

, 199

2).

It is

impo

rtan

t to

rem

embe

r th

at in

divi

dual

s w

ho c

ome

from

the

cultu

res

of C

entr

al a

nd S

outh

Am

eric

a ar

e no

t typ

ical

ly c

alle

d "H

ispa

nic"

or

"Lat

ino"

until

they

arr

ive

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

.U

.S. d

iver

sity

see

ms

to d

eman

dge

neri

c te

rms

for

larg

e an

d di

vers

e gr

oups

of

peop

le. T

he u

sefu

lnes

s of

thes

e te

rms,

how

ever

, is

quite

lim

ited.

The

se g

ener

al c

ateg

oriz

atio

ns a

reap

plie

d to

indi

vidu

als

as if

eac

h pe

rson

sha

red

a co

mm

on b

ackg

roun

d. I

nre

ality

, the

cat

egor

ical

labe

l of

"His

pani

c" o

r "L

atin

o" s

impl

y na

rrow

s th

eor

igin

of

a pe

rson

dow

n to

abo

ut o

ne f

ifth

of

the

wor

ld.

Shor

ris

(199

2) s

hare

s so

me

impo

rtan

t inf

orm

atio

n ab

out c

ateg

orie

s an

dte

rms

of r

efer

ence

that

hel

p to

cla

rify

issu

es o

f et

hnic

labe

ling.

He

expl

ains

that

geo

grap

hica

lly, "

His

pani

c" is

pre

ferr

ed b

y Sp

anis

h-sp

eaki

ng p

eopl

esin

the

Sout

heas

t and

muc

h of

Tcx

as, w

hile

New

Yor

kers

fro

m C

entr

al a

ndSo

uth

Am

eric

a us

e bo

th "

His

pani

c" a

nd "

Lat

ino.

"In

Chi

cago

, whe

reM

exic

an A

mcr

ican

s ar

e a

maj

ority

, the

pre

ferr

ed te

rm is

"L

atin

o" o

r"C

hica

no."

In

Cal

ifor

nia,

the

wor

d "H

ispa

nic"

has

bee

n ba

rred

fro

m th

eL

os A

ngel

es T

imes

, in

keep

ing

with

the

stro

ng f

eelin

gs o

f pe

ople

in th

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244

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

com

mun

ity. S

ome

peop

le in

New

Mex

ico

pref

er "

His

pano

."Sh

orri

s fe

els

that

pol

itica

lly "

His

pani

c" is

oft

en li

nked

topo

licy

issu

es th

at c

an b

eco

nsid

ered

con

serv

ativ

e or

mod

erat

e, w

hile

"L

atin

o" c

anbe

link

ed to

polic

y is

sues

that

are

mod

erat

e or

mor

e lib

eral

. Acu

fia(

1988

) co

nten

ds th

at

the

term

"H

ispa

nic"

bel

ongs

to th

e m

iddl

e cl

ass,

whi

ch s

eem

sm

ost p

leas

ed

by th

e te

rm.

The

exp

lana

tion

is th

at A

nglo

s an

d pe

ople

who

opp

ose

bilin

gual

edu

catio

n an

d bi

lingu

alis

m, s

uch

as th

ose

who

belo

ng to

Eng

lish-

only

gro

ups,

see

m to

pre

fer

"His

pani

c,"

whi

ch m

akes

sen

se,s

ince

"H

is-

pani

c" is

an

Eng

lish

wor

d m

eani

ng "

pert

aini

ng to

Spai

n."

Follo

win

g

Shor

ris'

s us

age,

the

term

"L

atin

o" w

ill b

e us

ed in

this

chap

ter

for

lingu

istic

reas

ons:

"L

atin

o" h

as g

ende

r, w

hich

is g

ram

mat

ical

ly li

nked

to S

pani

sh, a

s

oppo

sed

to "

His

pani

c,"

whi

ch f

ollo

ws

Eng

lish

rule

s. I

nad

ditio

n, th

e te

rm

"Ang

lo"

will

be

used

to d

escr

ibe

any

pers

on w

ho is

not

Lat

ino,

Asi

an,

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an, o

r B

lack

. The

term

is n

ot m

eant

tobe

der

ogat

ory

but

desc

ript

ive

(Sho

rris

).In

Sho

rris

(19

92),

Mar

gari

ta A

vila

als

o pr

ovid

esad

vice

for

und

erst

and-

ing

the

Lat

ino

com

mun

ity, w

hich

she

say

s is

aco

mbi

natio

n of

cul

ture

and

the

nuan

ces

of la

ngua

ge a

nd h

isto

ry.

Thi

s co

mm

unity

is m

ost r

eadi

lyac

cess

ible

in g

ood

Lat

ino

liter

atur

e, w

heth

er it

be

fict

ion

orno

nfic

tion.

The

firs

t-pe

rson

ref

lect

ions

of

char

acte

rs' p

erso

nal l

ives

in a

nau

then

tic p

iece

of

liter

atur

e ac

cura

tely

cap

ture

s th

e "w

c-ar

c-no

t-al

ikc"

phe

nom

enon

that

Avi

la

artic

ulat

es. T

his

is c

erta

inly

true

of

child

ren'

s lit

erat

ure,

as

wel

l. A

uthe

ntic

book

s fo

r ch

ildre

n an

d yo

ung

adul

ts d

emon

stra

te th

e va

stdi

vers

ity a

nd

com

plex

ity w

ithin

the

Lat

ino

com

mun

ity. B

ooks

that

spea

k fo

r in

divi

dual

s

and

fam

ilies

rat

her

than

com

mun

ities

acc

ompl

ish

this

mod

elin

g of

div

ersi

ty

mos

t eff

ectiv

ely.

The

ir p

erso

nal v

oice

s cr

cate

an

oppo

rtun

ity f

or in

divi

du-

als

of a

ll ba

ckgr

ound

s to

see

them

selv

es in

the

even

tsan

d ch

arac

teri

zatio

ns.

The

key

to a

rea

listic

und

erst

andi

ng o

f an

eth

nic

com

mun

ityis

to e

ncou

rage

read

ers

to v

iew

an

cthn

ic c

omm

unity

as

they

do

thei

r ow

nas

ari

ch a

nd

dive

rse

setti

ng.

An

impo

rtan

t con

trib

utio

n of

the

grow

ing

Lat

ino

popu

latio

n is

that

it

forc

es th

e pe

ople

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es to

ref

lect

upo

npo

litic

al a

nd s

ocia

l

belie

fs c

once

rnin

g la

ngua

ge a

nd id

cntit

y (T

ucke

r, 1

984)

.The

soc

iolin

guis

tic

aspe

ct o

f L

atin

o lif

e is

exp

lore

d in

aut

hent

iclit

erat

ure

thro

ugh

the

narr

atio

n

of c

hara

cter

izat

ion

and

plot

, as

wel

l as

thro

ugh

the

utili

zatio

n an

d in

tera

c-

tion

of S

pani

sh a

nd E

nglis

h. T

he te

nuou

s an

dm

ultid

imen

sion

al r

elat

ion-

ship

that

thes

e tw

o la

ngua

ges

crea

te in

the

lives

of

man

ylit

erar

y ch

arac

ters

is a

rec

urri

ng th

eme.

Cor

tes

(199

0) c

onsi

ders

the

deba

te c

once

rnin

g ho

w th

eU

nite

d St

atcs

will

han

dle

its g

row

ing

dive

rsity

as

one

of th

e fo

ur g

reat

est

deci

sion

s of

xs. h

isto

ry.

Lat

ino

liter

atur

e re

flec

ts u

pon

this

que

stio

n of

lingu

istic

aver

sity

and

pon

ders

the

role

that

lang

uage

pla

ys in

our

nat

iona

lid

entit

y.

Ano

ther

issu

e th

at th

ese

liter

ary

sour

ces

conf

ront

is th

e st

atus

of

cert

ain

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

245

lang

uage

s w

ithin

U.S

. cul

ture

. G. R

icha

rd T

ucke

r (1

984)

sug

gest

s th

atla

ngua

ge is

the

unre

cogn

ized

thre

ad th

at r

uns

thro

ugh

man

y is

sues

fun

da-

men

tal t

o U

.S. n

atio

nal d

evel

opm

ent.

Tuc

ker

belie

ves

that

alth

ough

lin-

guis

tic a

nd c

ultu

ral p

lura

lism

cha

ract

eriz

e m

any

soci

etie

s ar

ound

the

wor

ld,

this

rar

ely

mot

ivat

es g

roup

s of

peo

ple

to e

valu

ate

the

way

s in

whi

ch v

ario

uslin

guis

tic a

nd c

ultu

ral g

roup

s co

exis

t. Si

nce

this

doe

sn't

happ

en in

pol

itica

lan

d so

cial

inst

itutio

ns o

f so

ciet

y, T

ucke

r fe

els

it is

inev

itabl

e th

at e

duca

-tio

nal i

nstit

utio

ns b

ecom

e th

e fo

cal p

oint

of

this

deb

ate.

Lat

ino

voic

es in

youn

g ad

ult a

nd c

hild

ren'

s lit

erat

ure

are

a po

wer

ful a

id in

hel

ping

stu

dent

sun

ders

tand

that

the

wor

ld's

peo

ples

spe

ak a

var

iety

of

lang

uage

s, a

nd th

atea

ch o

f th

ese

dist

inct

and

com

plex

lang

uage

s pr

ovid

es a

sys

tem

for

the

univ

ersa

l cha

lleng

e of

com

mun

icat

ing

with

one

ano

ther

. Con

side

ring

the

grow

ing

lingu

istic

div

ersi

ty o

f ou

r na

tion,

it is

impo

rtan

t tha

t stu

dent

s gr

owm

ore

com

fort

able

with

suc

h th

ings

as

tran

slat

ion,

mul

tilin

gual

com

mun

ica-

tion

envi

ronm

ents

, and

the

com

plex

ities

that

ling

uist

ic d

iver

sity

cre

ates

for

the

plan

ning

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

inte

rcul

tura

l env

iron

men

ts. T

he r

ealit

yfo

r to

day'

s ch

ildre

n is

that

thes

e ne

w s

kills

will

bec

ome

impo

rtan

t for

life

,as

wel

l as

empl

oym

ent.

Fort

unat

ely,

in th

e pu

blis

hing

wor

ld, t

he m

ost

read

ily a

vaila

ble

(tho

ugh

few

in n

umbe

r) b

iling

ual r

esou

rces

com

e in

Span

ish

and

Eng

lish,

whi

ch b

odes

wel

l for

the

larg

est l

angu

age-

min

ority

popu

latio

n w

ithin

our

sch

ools

.T

he im

plem

enta

tion

of h

igh

qual

ity n

ativ

e-la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

nal p

ro-

gram

s co

ntin

ues

to b

e th

e be

st a

nd m

ost e

ffic

ient

way

to te

ach

Eng

lish

as a

seco

nd la

ngua

ge. T

he r

eten

tion

of f

irst

lang

uage

and

fir

st c

ultu

re e

nhan

ces

acad

emic

suc

cess

(R

amir

ez, 1

992)

.It

is ti

me

to s

top

pret

endi

ng th

at w

edo

n't h

ave

the

rese

arch

info

rmat

ion

need

ed to

edu

cate

lang

uage

-min

ority

stud

ents

. A c

aref

ul o

verv

iew

of

rece

nt r

esea

rch

indi

cate

s th

at n

ativ

e-la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n, w

hen

done

cor

rect

ly, i

s th

e m

ost e

ffec

tive

com

pone

ntof

a p

rogr

am f

or la

ngua

ge-m

inor

ity s

tude

nts

(Col

lier,

199

5).

Bili

ngua

l edu

catio

n, li

ke m

ains

trea

m e

duca

tion

and

ever

y ot

her

prof

es-

sion

, has

pra

ctiti

oner

s w

hose

exp

ertis

e ru

ns th

e ga

mut

fro

m p

altr

y to

brill

iant

. The

hys

teri

a su

rrou

ndin

g bi

lingu

al e

duca

tion

is c

ount

erpr

oduc

-tiv

e. D

ue to

the

dive

rsity

of

lang

uage

s th

at s

tude

nts

brin

g to

the

clas

sroo

m,

bilin

gual

edu

catio

n is

a lu

xury

in m

any

plac

es. N

ativ

e-la

ngua

ge in

stru

c-tio

n, h

owev

er, r

emai

ns th

e m

ost e

ffec

tive

and

succ

essf

ul p

edag

ogic

alst

rate

gy f

or in

tegr

atin

g la

ngua

ge-m

inor

ity s

tude

nts

into

U.S

. sch

ools

(Ram

irez

, 199

2). I

n ad

ditio

n, th

e at

titud

es o

f bi

lingu

al p

rogr

ams

tow

ard

rete

ntio

n of

fir

st la

ngua

ge a

nd f

irst

cul

ture

can

ser

ve a

s gu

ides

to c

reat

ing

effe

ctiv

e pr

ogra

mm

atic

str

uctu

res

to h

elp

lang

uage

-min

ority

stu

dent

s be

-co

me

acad

emic

ally

suc

cess

ful,

rega

rdle

ss o

f an

inst

ruct

iona

l pro

gram

'sfo

cus

on n

ativ

e-la

ngua

ge in

stru

ctio

n or

ESL

.U

nder

stan

ding

the

reas

ons

for

the

succ

ess

or f

ailu

re o

f la

ngua

ge-m

inor

-ity

stu

dent

s is

not

dif

ficu

lt. L

angu

age-

min

ority

stu

dent

s of

ten

ente

r ou

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246

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

scho

ols

inte

llect

ually

gif

ted

by v

irtu

e of

thei

r bi

lingu

alis

m a

nd b

icul

tura

lism

,

and

yet m

any

of th

em f

ail a

cade

mic

ally

or

drop

out

bec

ause

they

fee

l

alie

nate

d (C

umm

ins,

198

6). A

ppro

xim

atel

y on

eth

ird

of U

.S. c

hild

ren

are

acad

emic

ally

at r

isk

and

the

maj

ority

of

thes

e ch

ildre

n ar

e no

t nat

ive

spea

kers

of

Eng

lish

(Sca

rce

lla, 1

990)

.B

efor

e im

plem

entin

g ed

ucat

iona

l

chan

ges

desi

gned

to p

reve

nt la

ngua

ge-m

inor

ityst

uden

ts f

rom

fai

ling

in

scho

ol, i

t is

impo

rtan

t to

unde

rsta

nd s

ome

of th

e re

ason

s fo

r th

eir

failu

re:

feel

ings

of

alie

natio

n, te

ache

r pr

ejud

ice,

hom

e/sc

hool

dis

cont

inui

ties,

lear

n-

ing

styl

e di

scon

tinui

ties,

lang

uage

atti

tude

san

d lin

guis

tic p

reju

dice

s, s

o-

cioe

cono

mic

sta

tus,

inad

equa

te p

edag

ogy,

unfa

ir a

sses

smen

t pro

cedu

res,

stre

ss, m

inor

ity s

tude

nts'

per

cept

ion

of th

eir

own

stat

us in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, a

nd in

stitu

tiona

l rac

ism

(C

umm

ins,

1986

, Tru

eba,

198

8). O

ther

s in

this

vol

ume

have

sha

red

impo

rtan

tin

form

atio

n ab

out v

ario

us a

spec

ts o

f a

stud

ent's

aca

dem

ic, f

amily

, and

cul

tura

l lif

e,an

d th

is in

form

atio

n ca

n se

rve

as a

gui

de in

cho

osin

g cu

ltura

llit

erar

y re

sour

ces

that

ref

lect

the

real

istic

and

auth

entic

exp

erie

nces

of

Lat

ino

lang

uage

-min

ority

stud

ents

(w

heth

er im

-

mig

rant

, ref

ugee

, mig

rant

, soj

ourn

er, o

rbo

rn a

nd r

aise

d in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es).

The

se in

terc

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

als

opr

ovid

e a

way

for

mon

olin

gual

stud

ents

to g

ain

a be

tter

unde

rsta

ndin

gof

the

psyc

holo

gica

l, so

cial

, and

pers

onal

issu

es th

at la

ngua

ge-m

inor

ityst

uden

ts c

onfr

ont o

n a

daily

bas

is.

The

sch

izop

hren

ic a

nd u

nsuc

cess

ful c

onte

xtof

cur

rent

U.S

. sec

ond-

lang

uage

teac

hing

pol

icy

is a

noth

er is

sue

for

cons

ider

atio

n. E

duca

tiona

l

polic

ies

enco

urag

e E

nglis

h m

onol

ingu

als

tost

udy

fore

ign

lang

uage

s at

grea

t cos

t and

with

gre

at in

effi

cien

cy,

and

at th

e sa

me

time

dest

roy

the

lingu

istic

gif

ts o

f st

uden

ts f

rom

non

-Eng

lish

back

grou

nds

(Bak

er, 1

993)

.

Thi

s st

rang

e an

d un

expl

aina

ble

dich

otom

yte

nds

to v

alue

for

eign

lang

uage

but n

ot th

e fo

reig

n sp

eake

r. A

n ed

ucat

or m

ust

alw

ays

bala

nce

the

teac

hing

of n

ativ

e la

ngua

ge a

nd th

e ac

quis

ition

of

Eng

lish

skill

s fo

r an

y la

ngua

ge-

min

ority

stu

dent

, but

in th

e en

d, th

e ch

oice

of la

ngua

ge u

sage

in s

ocia

l

situ

atio

ns o

utsi

de th

e cl

assr

oom

sho

uld

be th

ech

oice

of

the

lang

uage

-

min

ority

stu

dent

, as

it is

for

any

stu

dent

.D

evel

opin

g an

d im

plem

entin

g a

seco

nd-l

angu

age

lear

ning

pro

gram

with

out a

dequ

ate

prep

arat

ion

and

trai

ning

may

be c

onsi

dere

d a

desp

erat

e

mov

e to

con

tend

with

stu

dent

s as

prob

lem

s to

be

solv

ed. T

his

kind

of

polic

y de

cisi

on e

nsur

es th

e fa

ilure

of

the

prog

ram

.T

he s

tude

nts

are

not t

o

blam

e, n

or is

the

conc

ept o

f na

tive-

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ion.

Edu

cato

rs m

ust

begi

n to

rec

ogni

ze th

at w

ith th

e re

sear

ch a

ndin

form

atio

n w

e ha

ve c

once

rn-

ing

hum

an le

arni

ng a

nd s

econ

d-la

ngua

geac

quis

ition

, it i

s fo

olis

h to

bel

ieve

that

qui

ck f

ixes

can

wor

k. W

hen

shor

t-te

rmre

sults

are

exa

min

ed, t

he r

esul

t

is a

n in

accu

rate

pic

ture

of

true

stu

dent

achi

evem

ent (

Col

lier,

198

8). L

ack

of e

duca

tors

' kno

wle

dge,

pre

para

tion,

trai

ning

, and

exp

ertis

e ar

e th

e re

a-

1 fl

son

s fo

r fa

ilure

not l

ack

of s

tude

nt e

ffor

t,w

illin

gnes

s, o

r co

gniti

ve a

bili-

ties.

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

247

Aut

hent

icity

In C

ultu

ral T

eac:

hing

Tea

cher

s w

ho w

ish

to u

tiliz

e cu

ltura

l res

ourc

es a

uthe

ntic

ally

in th

eir

teac

hing

pra

ctic

es s

houl

d se

ek s

impl

y to

hel

p st

uden

ts m

ake

sens

e of

the

wor

ld in

whi

ch th

ey li

ve (

Hof

fman

, 199

2). W

ithou

t thi

s ab

ility

, the

wor

ldca

n be

a b

ewild

erin

g an

d in

timid

atin

g pl

ace

for

any

stud

ent.

Hof

fman

goe

s

on to

con

tend

that

our

edu

catio

nal s

yste

m to

day

is f

illed

with

stu

dent

s w

hodo

not

wan

t to

inte

ract

with

oth

ers

diff

eren

t fro

m th

emso

lves

; the

y of

ten

seek

to e

scap

e or

with

draw

, ado

ptin

g be

havi

ors

inco

mpa

tible

with

dem

o-cr

atic

val

ues

and

with

val

ues

nece

ssar

y to

a h

ealth

y, h

appy

, and

pro

duct

ive

life. St

uden

ts n

eed

know

ledg

e an

d in

terp

retiv

e sk

ills

to m

ake

sens

e of

the

com

plex

wor

ld in

whi

ch th

ey li

ve. E

ach

stud

ent,

how

ever

, als

o ne

eds

the

cour

age

to c

ompl

ete

this

pro

cess

of

unde

rsta

ndin

g by

grap

plin

g w

ith c

om-

plex

hum

an is

sues

. Thi

s as

sert

ion

rela

tes

dire

ctly

to th

e di

ffer

ence

that

exis

ts b

etw

een

teac

hing

stu

dent

s w

hat t

o th

ink

and

teac

hing

them

how

toth

ink.

Adu

lts w

ho a

re im

port

ant i

n st

uden

ts' l

ives

can

ser

ve a

s m

odel

s fo

rth

is tr

uth-

seek

ing

proc

ess,

and

it is

cle

arly

true

that

teac

hers

arc

oft

enam

ong

the

mos

t sig

nifi

cant

of

thes

e ad

ults

(H

offm

an,

1992

).

One

of

the

sim

ples

t and

yet

mos

t dif

ficu

lt id

eas

to in

tern

aliz

e is

the

conc

ept o

f pe

rcep

tual

dif

fere

nce:

the

idea

that

eve

ryon

e pe

rcei

ves

the

wor

ld d

iffe

rent

ly, a

nd th

at m

embe

rs o

f on

e cu

lture

gro

up m

ay s

hare

bas

icse

ts o

f pe

rcep

tions

that

dif

fer

from

thos

e of

oth

er c

ultu

re g

roup

s(H

oope

s,1)

79).

The

key

to a

chie

ving

aut

hent

icity

in c

ultu

ral t

each

ing

is to

aid

ztud

ents

and

oth

er e

duca

tors

in b

ecom

ing

func

tiona

lly a

war

e of

the

degr

eeto

whi

ch o

ur b

ehav

ior

is c

ultu

rally

det

erm

ined

. Fun

ctio

nally

aw

are

has

been

def

ined

as

an a

bilit

y to

und

erst

and

and

inte

grat

e cu

ltura

l aw

aren

ess

into

rel

atio

nshi

ps a

nd a

cade

mic

stu

dy (

Hoo

pes)

.It

als

o m

eans

sim

ply

lear

ning

how

to th

ink

in w

ays

that

mov

e ou

t of

one'

s in

sula

ted

wor

ld in

toth

e of

ten

com

plex

neg

otia

tion

of b

uild

ing

com

mun

ities

.St

uden

ts a

re o

ften

aw

are

of th

e m

any

inte

rcon

nect

ions

am

ong

peop

le a

ta

very

ear

ly a

ge b

ut la

ck a

thor

ough

und

erst

andi

ngof

bot

h th

e ge

nesi

s an

d

impl

icat

ions

of

thes

e in

terc

onne

ctio

ns.

Hof

fman

(19

92)

belie

ves

that

child

ren

typi

cally

com

e to

for

mal

edu

catio

n cu

riou

s ab

out a

nd c

onne

cted

toal

l oth

ers,

but

in th

e ed

ucat

iona

l pro

cess

lose

this

con

cept

of

inte

rdep

en-

denc

e am

ong

peop

les.

Thi

s re

ality

may

be

larg

ely

inad

vert

ent,

but t

hcre

sulti

ng d

amag

e is

inte

nse.

The

cur

ricu

lum

is d

ivid

ed in

to d

isco

nnec

ted

subj

ect a

reas

, util

izin

g a

one-

natio

n, (

)to-

gend

er a

ppro

ach

to u

nder

stan

ding

and

inte

rpre

ting

hist

ory.

It b

ecom

esqu

estio

n of

"us

" st

udyi

ng a

bout

"the

m"

(Hof

fman

). U

s-th

em s

tudi

es o

t cul

ture

and

the

over

utili

zatio

n of

teac

her-

cent

ered

tran

smis

sion

of

info

rmat

ion

are

part

( f

the

reas

on f

orst

uden

ts' i

sola

tion

from

wor

ld r

ealit

y. T

his

appr

oach

to e

duca

tion

refl

ects

the

philo

soph

y th

at it

is m

ore

impo

rtan

t to

teac

h st

ude:

its w

hat t

o th

ink

rath

er th

an h

ow to

thin

k.11

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248

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AM

RE

A m

ajor

pro

blem

is th

at th

e ed

ucat

ion

syst

empe

rpet

uate

s tw

o m

yths

rela

ted

to c

ultu

ral d

iffe

renc

es a

nd in

terp

erso

nal

conf

licts

.C

onfr

ontin

g

thes

e m

yths

wou

ld m

ean

deal

ing

with

som

epa

infu

l tru

ths

abou

t how

we

educ

ate

child

ren

and

the

real

ities

of

the

wor

ld.

The

fir

st m

yth

conc

erns

the

bala

nce

betw

een

sim

ilari

ties

and

diff

eren

ces

in in

divi

dual

s.It

is, o

f co

urse

, a r

eass

urin

g co

ncep

t to

view

ours

elve

s as

part

of

a w

orld

fam

ily. T

he im

age

ofho

ldin

g ha

nds

arou

nd th

e w

orld

in

harm

ony

and

love

is b

eaut

iful

but

fai

ls to

con

vey

that

mem

bers

hip

in th

is

wor

ld f

amily

, lik

e al

l fam

ilies

, can

be

quite

frus

trat

ing

and

disc

once

rtin

g at

times

. Fam

iliar

pla

titud

es s

uch

as "

We

may

be

diff

eren

t on

the

outs

ide,

but

on th

e in

si6e

we'

re a

ll al

ike"

may

mak

e us

fee

l goo

d, b

ut w

hat a

re th

e

impl

icat

ions

of

such

a s

tate

men

t?St

uden

ts n

eed

to v

iew

uni

vers

al h

uman

qua

litie

s as

the

basi

s fo

r bu

ildin

g

brid

ges

amon

g pe

ople

of

diff

eren

t bac

kgro

unds

(Cor

tes,

199

0). A

t the

sam

e tim

e, h

owev

er, s

tude

nts

mus

tle

arn

abou

t the

rea

l and

mea

ning

ful

grou

p va

riat

ions

in c

ultu

ral,

raci

al,e

thni

c, a

nd s

ocia

l exp

erie

nce.

Pla

titud

es

abou

t how

we

ate

all b

asic

ally

alik

e or

proc

lam

atio

ns o

f co

lor

blin

dnes

s

will

nev

er e

radi

cate

the

nece

ssity

of

this

impo

rtan

t aw

aren

ess.

The

sec

ond

myt

h co

ncer

ns th

ree

fals

e id

eas

abou

t int

erac

ting

with

othe

rs: (

a) g

ettin

g al

ong

with

oth

ers

is e

asy,

(b)

con

flic

tis

bad

and

sho

uld

be a

void

ed a

t all

cost

s, a

nd (

c) w

e ha

ve to

like

or

love

oth

ers

to in

tera

ct

resp

ectf

ully

with

them

.It

's ti

me

we

stop

ped

talk

ing

abou

t lov

e. R

espe

ctsh

ould

be

our

focu

s. A

lack

of

love

or

likin

g ha

s be

en u

sed

as a

n ex

cuse

for

abus

e an

d vi

olen

ce a

nd

sepa

ratio

n fo

r fa

r to

o lo

ng. C

onfl

ict d

oesn

't al

way

s m

ean

som

eone

is a

t

faul

t. It

isn'

t alw

ays

easy

or

poss

ible

to b

e fr

iend

sw

ith e

very

one.

Rel

atio

n-

ship

s m

ay b

e un

com

fort

able

, pai

nful

, str

ange

, wei

rd,

won

derf

ul, f

unct

iona

l,

or d

ysfu

nctio

nal.

Wha

t is

the

resu

lt of

pro

paga

ting

thes

e tw

o m

yths

? I

belie

ve it

has

left

child

ren

with

ver

y fe

w c

hoic

es w

hen

they

enc

ount

erin

divi

dual

s w

ho a

re

diff

eren

t fro

m th

emse

lves

.If

we

real

ly a

re a

ll th

e sa

me,

reg

ardl

ess

ofcu

lture

, int

erac

ting

with

oth

er p

eopl

e sh

ould

be

fair

ly e

asy.

Thi

s un

in-

form

ed w

ay o

f th

inki

ng le

ads

stud

ents

to b

elie

ve th

atif

con

flic

t occ

urs,

or

disc

omfo

rt p

erva

des,

or

mis

com

mun

icat

ion

happ

ens,

som

ethi

ng m

ust b

e

wro

ng w

ith th

ai o

ther

per

son

or w

ithth

emse

lves

. The

re m

ust b

e a

reas

on

for

this

"ne

gativ

e" o

ccur

renc

e. S

uch

expe

rien

ces

and

thou

ght p

roce

sses

rein

forc

e th

e id

ea th

at s

omeo

ne is

at f

ault;

som

eone

sho

uld

be b

lam

ed.

Mar

ker

(199

2) b

elie

ves

that

if w

e gi

ve c

hild

ren

"aco

ntin

ued

diet

of

feel

-

good

, New

Age

pse

udoc

ultu

ral p

ap,"

we

real

ly a

re n

otac

com

plis

hing

muc

h

tow

ard

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f in

terc

ultu

rally

com

pete

ntin

divi

dual

s.T

he

resu

lt w

ill b

e "a

gen

erat

ion

of e

thno

cent

ric

igno

ram

uses

ill-p

repa

red

to d

eal

with

the

com

plex

ities

of

a be

wild

erin

g m

oder

nw

orld

." E

duca

tors

who

JOH

NM

.K

IBLE

R24

9

belie

ve th

at e

atin

g ta

cos

and

lear

ning

an

ethn

ic d

ance

are

the

only

ingr

edi-

ents

nec

essa

ry f

or a

n in

-dep

th, c

ross

-cul

tura

l stu

dyw

ill s

crat

ch th

eir

head

s

in c

onfu

sion

at t

he p

rosp

ect t

hat a

fter

all

this

talk

abou

t mul

ticul

tura

l

educ

atio

n, o

ur f

irst

-gra

de s

tude

nts

still

run

aro

und

war

-who

opin

g an

d

scal

ping

eac

h ot

her.

The

mor

e aw

are

we

are

of o

ur o

wn

cont

extu

al id

eals

, the

bette

r ab

le w

e

are

to r

esol

ve, m

aint

ain,

und

erst

and,

and

med

iate

cro

ss-c

ultu

ral r

elat

ion-

ship

s an

d id

eals

. Thi

s is

not

a p

hilo

soph

ical

con

stru

ct b

ut a

nec

onom

ic

nece

ssity

bec

ause

as

our

wor

ld d

iver

sifi

es, s

uch

skill

s ar

ene

eded

for

part

icip

atio

n in

an

ever

-cha

ngin

g w

orkf

orce

. Thi

s co

ntex

tual

unde

rsta

nd-

ing

also

pro

vide

s a

prod

uctiv

e fo

rmat

for

vie

win

g,un

ders

tand

ing,

and

deal

ing

with

rac

ism

, sex

ism

, hom

opho

bia,

ling

uist

ic a

nd r

elig

ious

into

ler-

ance

, and

the

bigo

trie

s fa

ced

daily

by

the

phys

ical

ly a

nd m

enta

lly c

hal-

leng

ed. T

he r

eal p

robl

em is

our

exp

ecta

tion

that

inte

rper

sona

lre

latio

nshi

ps

wilI

be

easy

. The

y ar

e no

t.W

ithou

t som

e se

nse

of c

ultu

ral a

war

enes

s, c

ultu

ral e

xper

ienc

eshi

de

from

eve

n th

eir

own

mem

bers

muc

h m

ore

than

they

rev

eal

(Hal

l, 19

76).

Am

ajor

ity o

f in

divi

dual

s w

ith w

hom

I in

tera

ct s

eem

to b

elie

ve th

atde

velo

p-

ing

cultu

ral a

war

enes

s is

a p

roce

ss o

f lo

okin

g ou

twar

d w

hen,

inre

ality

,

cultu

ral a

war

enes

s is

a p

roce

ss o

f lo

okin

g in

war

d. I

t is

a pr

oces

s of

view

ing

ours

elve

s ju

xtap

osed

aga

inst

oth

er, d

iffe

rent

indi

vidu

als

as a

way

of

bette

run

ders

tand

ing

and

illum

inat

ing

ours

elve

s. C

ross

-cul

tura

l exp

erie

nces

can

offe

r th

is im

port

ant a

nd tr

ansf

orm

atio

nal v

anta

ge p

oint

.Sc

hool

s pr

ovid

eop

port

uniti

es d

aily

by

forc

ing

this

juxt

apos

ition

upon

edu

cato

rs a

nd s

tude

nts.

The

hom

ogen

eity

of

our

livin

g co

mm

uniti

esra

rely

pro

vide

s th

is o

ppor

tuni

ty. h

is im

port

ant t

o ba

lanc

e th

esa

fety

and

com

fort

of

hom

e w

ith th

e di

vers

e ex

peri

ence

s an

d ch

alle

nges

that

are

nece

ssar

y fo

r th

e ps

ycho

logi

cal d

evel

opm

ent

of e

ach

indi

vidu

al.

Con

flic

t is

norm

al. I

t is

natu

ral.

It s

houl

d be

exp

ecte

d. I

n al

lrel

atio

n-

ship

s, f

rust

ratio

n is

bal

ance

d w

ith le

arni

ng; h

urt i

s ba

lanc

ed w

ithin

sigh

t;

ange

r is

bal

ance

d w

ith c

once

rn; a

ffec

tion

is b

alan

ced

with

res

pect

. For

educ

ator

s to

exp

ect o

ther

wis

e al

d to

sha

re th

at ;:

nrea

listic

exp

ecta

tion

with

child

ren

is a

dis

serv

ice

to th

em. T

o se

e co

nflic

t as

pres

entin

g an

opp

ortu

-ni

ty f

or g

row

th r

equi

res

a si

gnif

ican

t shi

ft in

atti

tude

and

wor

ldvi

ew

(Kre

idle

r, 1

990)

.Se

eker

s of

inte

rcul

tura

l kno

wle

dge

may

atte

nd w

orks

hops

, lis

ten

tosp

eake

rs, o

r re

ad f

act s

heet

s de

alin

g w

ith w

orld

cul

ture

s, b

ut if

they

do

not

perc

eive

them

selv

es to

be

cultu

ral b

eing

s, th

ey c

an n

ever

fac

ilita

te th

atun

ders

tand

ing

in o

ther

s. U

nder

stan

ding

as

muc

h as

pos

sibl

e ab

out o

ne's

own

cultu

ral c

onte

xt m

ust p

rece

de a

idin

got

hers

in th

e un

ders

tand

ing

of

thei

rs.

Som

e pe

dago

gica

l str

uctu

res

achi

eve

the

goal

of

inte

grat

ing

inte

rcul

-

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250

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

tura

l res

ourc

es in

to c

onte

nt a

reas

mor

e ef

fect

ivel

y th

an o

ther

s. F

igur

e 15

-1pr

ovid

es e

xam

ples

of

clas

sroo

m p

ract

ices

that

inte

grat

e cu

ltura

l lea

rnin

gan

d ac

adem

ic in

stru

ctio

n.In

terc

ultu

ral l

itera

ture

can

ser

ve a

s a

stro

ngfo

unda

tion

for

enga

ging

stu

dent

s in

aut

hent

ic c

ultu

ral l

earn

ing.

Hol

ding

han

ds w

ith e

ach,

othe

r is

far

fro

m e

noug

h. I

t is

time

for

us to

14

Fig

ure

15-1

. Gui

delin

es fo

r U

tiliz

ing

Cul

tura

l Exp

erie

nces

in th

etC

lass

room

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ache

r in

tegr

ates

cul

tura

l lea

rnin

g w

ith a

cade

mic

inst

ruct

ion

whe

nhe

or

she:

mak

es th

e m

ost o

f cu

ltura

l res

ourc

es a

nd e

xper

ienc

es o

f in

divi

du-

als

in th

e cl

ass;

uses

con

tent

-bas

ed in

stru

ctio

n th

at is

gro

unde

d in

div

erse

, rea

l-lif

epu

rpos

es a

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onte

xts;

rais

es s

tude

nts

awar

enes

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the

com

plex

ity a

nd in

terc

onne

cted

ness

of h

uman

kno

wle

dge;

trea

ts c

ross

-cul

tura

l con

flic

t as

a na

tura

l par

t of

com

mun

icat

ion

that

can

be

posi

tivel

y re

solv

ed;

teac

hes

dire

ctly

or

indi

rect

ly c

ross

-cul

tura

l com

mun

icat

ion

and

prob

lem

-sol

ving

ski

lls;

uses

and

legi

timiz

es a

ltern

ativ

e w

ays

of e

xpre

ssin

g kn

owle

dge

and

solv

ing

prob

lem

s;en

gage

s st

uden

ts in

cro

ss-c

ultu

ral d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

and

com

mun

i-ca

tion

situ

atio

ns;

aids

stu

dent

s in

und

erst

andi

ng h

ow c

ultu

re o

pera

tes

in th

eir

own

and

othe

rs' l

ives

;ill

umin

ates

and

cor

rect

s st

ereo

typi

c de

pict

ion

of g

roup

s of

peo

ple;

dem

onst

rate

s th

e ne

ed to

und

erst

and

and

view

uni

vers

ally

hum

anqu

aliti

es a

s th

e ba

sis

for

build

ing

brid

ges

amon

g pe

ople

of

diff

er-

ent b

ackg

roun

ds;

aids

stu

dent

s in

gro

win

g m

ore

com

fort

able

with

lear

ning

abo

ut th

ere

al a

nd m

eani

ngfu

l gro

up v

aria

tions

in c

ultu

re, r

ace,

and

eth

nic

expe

rien

ce;

crea

tes

situ

atio

ns w

here

stu

dent

s de

velo

p an

d pr

actic

e ef

fect

ive

hum

an r

elat

ions

ski

lls;

faci

litat

es u

nder

stan

ding

of

how

pre

judi

ce, b

igot

ry, a

nd o

ppre

ssio

nop

erat

e;cr

eate

s ex

peri

ence

s th

at c

halle

nge

a st

uden

t's o

wn

cultu

rl a

s-su

mpt

ions

; and

com

parc

s an

d co

ntra

sts

subj

ect m

atte

r of

sim

ilar

them

es, g

enre

s, o

rhi

stor

ical

sig

nifi

canc

e.

Sour

ce: N

goc-

Dic

p th

i Ngu

yen

and

John

Kib

ler

(199

3)

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

251

look

at d

iver

sity

in o

ur c

ultu

re a

s a

chan

ce to

enr

ich

our

own

lives

toex

pand

our

selv

es, t

o re

spec

t wha

t we

don'

t und

erst

and,

and

even

to a

ccep

t

wha

t mig

ht m

ake

us a

littl

e un

com

fort

able

.

Insi

der

and

Oui

side

r P

ersp

ectiv

es in

Mul

ticul

tura

lC

hild

ren'

s Li

tera

ture

On

July

4, 1

744,

the

Iroq

uois

chi

ef, C

anas

sate

go,

repl

ied

with

cla

rity

and

insi

ght t

o an

off

er o

f th

e V

irgi

nia

Leg

isla

ture

to th

e Si

xN

atio

ns, i

nviti

ng

them

to s

end

six

yout

hs to

be

educ

ated

at t

heW

illia

msb

urg

Col

lege

of

Will

iam

and

Mar

y.

We

know

you

hig

hly

este

em th

e ki

nd o

f L

earn

ing

taug

htin

thes

e

Col

lege

s, a

nd th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f ou

r yo

ung

Men

, whi

lew

ith y

ou,

wou

ld b

e ve

ry e

xpen

sive

to y

ou. W

e ar

e co

nvin

ced,

ther

efor

e,th

at y

ou

mea

n to

us

Goo

d by

you

r Pr

opos

al; a

nd w

eth

ank

you

hear

tily.

But

you

who

are

so

wis

e m

ust k

now

that

dif

fere

nt N

atio

ns h

ave

diff

eren

t

Con

cept

ions

of

thin

gs; a

nd y

ou w

ill n

ot th

eref

ore

take

am

iss,

if o

ur

Idea

s of

this

kin

d of

Edu

catio

n ha

ppen

s no

t to

be th

e sa

me

with

you

rs.

We

have

had

som

e ex

peri

ence

of

it. S

ever

al o

f ou

r yo

ung

Peop

le w

ere

form

erly

bro

ught

up

in th

e C

olle

ges

of th

e N

orth

ern

Prov

ince

s; th

eyw

ere

inst

ruct

ed in

all

your

Sci

ence

s; b

ut,

whe

n th

ey c

ame

back

to u

s,

they

wer

e ba

d R

unne

rs, i

gnor

ant o

f ev

ery

mea

ns o

fliv

ing

in th

eW

oods

, una

blt t

o be

ar e

ither

Col

d or

Hun

ger,

kne

w n

eith

erho

w to

build

a C

abin

, tak

e a

deer

, or

kill

an e

nem

y, s

poke

our

lang

uage

impe

rfec

tly, w

ere

ther

efor

e ne

ither

fit

for

Hun

ters

, War

rior

s, n

orC

ouns

elor

s; th

ey w

ere

tota

lly g

ood

for

noth

ing.

We

are

how

ever

not

the

less

obl

iged

for

you

r ki

nd O

ffer

, tho

' we

decl

ine

acce

ptin

git;

and

to s

how

our

gra

tefu

l Sen

se o

f it,

if th

e G

entle

men

ofV

irgi

nia

shal

l sen

d

us a

Doz

en o

f th

eir

Sons

, we

will

take

gre

at c

are

of th

eir

Edu

catio

n,

inst

ruct

them

in a

ll w

e kn

ow, a

nd m

ake

Men

of

them

(Fe

nelo

n, 1

993,

p. 1

).

Can

assa

tcgo

has

a g

reat

dea

l to

teac

h U

.S. e

duca

tiona

l ins

titut

ions

abou

t

cultu

re a

nd te

achi

ng. H

is w

ords

ref

lect

the

vita

l ins

ight

s th

atm

embe

rshi

p

in a

cul

ture

pro

vide

s fo

r un

eers

tand

ing

a pa

rtic

ular

cul

tura

l exp

erie

nce.

As

wel

l, hi

s w

ords

spe

ak e

loqu

ently

of

wha

t can

res

ult w

hen

one,

thro

ugh

educ

atio

n, is

rob

bed

of o

ne's

fir

st la

ngua

ge a

nd f

irst

cul

ture

. Pra

ctic

esth

at

seek

to f

orce

an

outs

ide

cultu

ral v

iew

ont

o a

part

icul

ar c

ultu

ral e

xper

ienc

eas

a w

ay o

f as

sess

ing

or ju

dgin

g th

at e

xper

ienc

e ar

eop

pres

sive

in n

atur

e.

Any

out

side

r vi

ew m

ust o

rigi

nate

fro

m a

pos

ition

of

resp

ect,

equa

lity,

and

fam

iliar

ity.

Acc

urac

y m

atte

rs g

reat

ly.

Wri

ters

and

illu

stra

tors

mak

eda

nger

ous

and

ster

eoty

pica

l err

ors

by n

ot k

now

ing

a cu

lture

intim

atel

y.

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252

LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

Wri

ters

who

atte

mpt

to p

ortr

ay a

n un

fam

iliar

cul

ture

oft

en p

rodu

ce w

orks

that

are

ste

rile

or

nons

peci

fic;

thos

e w

ho u

se n

on-E

nglis

h w

ords

with

out

prop

er u

nder

stan

ding

may

por

tray

thei

r co

ntex

tual

fou

ndat

ions

inco

rrec

tly(B

arre

ra, 1

992)

.O

utsi

der

view

s al

one

will

nev

er a

ccur

atel

y re

flec

t acu

ltura

l exp

erie

nce

unle

ss b

alan

ced

by in

side

r pe

rspe

ctiv

es.

Mem

bers

hip

in a

cul

ture

alo

ne, h

owev

er, d

oesn

't m

ake

a w

rite

r a

qual

itypr

esen

ter

of th

at c

ultu

re's

exp

erie

nces

. Gif

ted

wri

ters

of

all k

inds

wri

teab

out t

heir

cul

ture

s an

d be

yond

.Fi

ctio

n an

d no

nfic

tion

wri

ters

of

all

natio

nalit

ies

utili

ze s

tere

otyp

ical

dep

ictio

ns o

f ch

arac

ters

whe

neve

r th

eyfa

il to

see

cha

ract

ers

as in

divi

dual

s. A

uthe

ntic

ity m

atte

rs g

reat

ly, b

ut th

ere

is n

o sp

ecif

ic o

utlin

e fo

r ho

w o

ne a

cqui

res

it (R

ochm

an, 1

993)

.N

ancy

Clo

ud (

1993

) be

lieve

s th

at th

e w

ork

of e

duca

tors

who

inte

ract

with

ling

uist

ical

ly a

nd c

ultu

rally

div

erse

chi

ldre

n ex

tend

s fa

r be

yond

the

role

of

lang

uage

teac

her.

She

con

tend

s th

at e

duca

tors

ser

ve m

any

func

tions

in th

e se

cond

-lan

guag

e cl

assr

oom

in a

dditi

on to

lang

uage

inst

ruct

ion,

and

that

all

lingu

istic

ally

and

cul

tura

lly d

iver

se s

tude

nts

expe

rien

ce p

sych

o-lo

gica

l, so

cial

, and

cul

tura

l eff

ects

dur

ing

accu

ltura

tion

in th

e cl

assr

oom

.T

hese

stu

dent

s ar

e le

arni

ng a

new

lang

uage

and

var

ious

set

s of

new

cul

tura

lru

les

for

scho

ol a

nd s

ocie

ty. T

he r

igid

ity o

f th

ese

cultu

ral p

atte

rns

and

the

reac

tions

of

othe

rs to

thei

r ad

apta

tion

can

be o

verw

helm

ing

at b

est a

ndst

igm

atiz

ing

at w

orst

. In

addi

tion,

bec

ause

of

thei

r lif

e ex

peri

ence

s, m

any

ESL

stu

dent

s fa

ce m

ore

seri

ous

emot

iona

! is

sues

cau

sed

by d

isru

ptio

n an

dvi

olen

ce, t

raum

atic

res

ettle

men

t, dr

amat

ic c

hang

es in

fam

ily c

ompo

sitio

n,lo

sses

, and

sep

arat

ion.

Clo

ud a

rgue

s th

at c

hild

ren'

s bo

oks

norm

aliz

e th

e ex

peri

ence

s of

chi

l-dr

en b

y va

lidat

ing

thei

r liv

es a

nd p

rovi

ding

a s

afe

envi

ronm

ent f

or th

eex

plor

atio

n of

fee

lings

and

pai

nful

exp

erie

nces

.Sh

e be

lieve

s th

at b

yem

path

izin

g w

ith a

sto

ry's

cha

ract

ers,

ling

uist

ical

ly a

nd c

ultu

rally

div

erse

child

ren

can

ackn

owle

dge

and

shar

e th

eir

own

feel

ings

ass

ocia

ted

with

sim

ilar

circ

umst

ance

s w

ithou

t fee

ling

thre

aten

ed, v

ulne

rabl

e, o

r ex

pose

d.St

uden

ts w

hose

cul

tura

l exp

erie

nces

are

not

dir

ectly

ref

lect

ed in

a p

iece

of

liter

atur

e ar

e en

rich

ed b

y pu

tting

them

selv

es in

ano

ther

's c

ircu

mst

ance

s,w

hich

con

trib

utes

to th

e ac

quis

ition

of

prob

lem

-sol

ving

and

hig

hcr-

orde

rth

inki

ng s

kills

, as

wel

l as

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f in

terc

ultu

ral u

nder

stan

ding

.St

ory

read

ing

allo

ws

stud

ents

to p

artic

ipat

e w

hen

they

are

rea

dy, a

nd in

wha

teve

r w

ay th

ey p

refe

r. J

ust l

iste

ning

to a

sto

ry c

an p

rovi

de th

e sa

me

bene

fits

to b

oth

sets

of

stud

ents

with

sim

ilar

resu

lts (

Clo

ud, 1

993)

.In

his

wor

k w

ith F

oxfi

re, E

liot W

iggi

nton

(19

91)

prop

oses

that

the

utili

zatio

n of

cul

tura

l res

ourc

es in

ped

agog

y sh

ould

res

ult i

n th

e cr

eatio

n of

a ta

ngib

le p

rodu

ct. H

e co

nten

ds th

at th

e pe

rson

al in

vest

igat

ion

of c

ultu

rere

sona

tes

deep

ly w

ith s

tude

nts

and

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

lift t

he c

lass

room

out

of th

e ro

t tin

c in

to a

noth

er d

imen

sion

. Wig

gint

on g

oes

on to

exp

lain

that

empt

y as

sert

ions

that

stu

dent

s sh

ould

be

prou

d of

thei

r cu

lture

hav

e ne

gli-

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

253

gibl

e im

pact

on

stud

ents

' int

elle

ctua

l and

per

sona

l dev

elop

men

t. E

qual

lyas

neg

ligib

le a

re g

uest

spe

aker

s at

an

asse

mbl

y, e

thni

c fo

odfe

stiv

als,

and

"onc

e-a-

wee

k" m

ultic

ultu

ral e

nlig

hten

men

t ses

sion

s. C

ultu

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

and

reso

urce

s ar

e on

ly e

ffec

tive

in p

edag

ogy

thro

ugh

sust

aine

d ex

posu

re in

an e

nvir

onm

ent c

hara

cter

ized

by

inde

pend

ent s

tude

nt r

esea

rch

and

inqu

iry,

whe

re a

spec

ts o

f cu

lture

are

dis

cove

red,

bro

ught

to a

leve

l of

cons

ciou

s-ne

ss, a

nd u

sed

(Wig

gint

on, 1

991)

. Int

ercu

ltura

l lite

ratu

re is

an

inte

gral

par

tof

cla

ssro

om c

ultu

re th

at s

eeks

to o

pen

stud

ents

to in

vest

igat

ing

and

mak

ing

sens

e of

the

wor

ld a

roun

d th

em, r

egar

dles

s of

thei

r pa

rtic

ipat

ion

insi

de o

r ou

tsid

e of

a c

ultu

ral e

xper

ienc

e. T

he w

ay e

ach

stud

ent i

nter

acts

with

a p

iece

of

liter

atur

e is

indi

vidu

alis

tic; i

nsid

ers

see

them

selv

es r

efle

cted

in it

, whi

le o

utsi

ders

gai

n in

s:gh

ts in

to e

xper

ienc

es th

at d

iffe

r fr

om th

eir

own.

Sel

ectin

g an

d E

valu

atin

g M

ultic

ultu

ral

Chi

ldre

n's

Lite

ratu

reR

udin

e Si

ms

Bis

hop

(199

2) d

efin

es m

ultic

ultu

ral c

hild

ren'

s lit

erat

ure

as"l

itera

ture

by

and

abou

t peo

ple

who

are

mem

bers

of

grou

ps c

onsi

dere

d to

be o

utsi

de th

e so

cio-

polit

ical

mai

nstr

eam

of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es."

Haz

el

Roc

hman

(19

93)

offe

rs a

cou

nter

-int

erpr

etat

ion,

ass

ertin

g th

at th

ese

book

ssh

ould

foc

us o

n br

eaki

ng d

own

bord

ers.

The

com

bina

tion

of th

ese

view

poin

ts p

rovi

des

a se

nse

of b

alan

ce in

unde

rsta

ndin

g w

hat a

boo

k ca

n ac

com

plis

h in

the

inte

rcul

tura

l cla

ssro

om.

Inte

rcul

tura

l chi

ldre

n's

liter

atur

e sh

ould

illu

min

ate

cultu

ral e

xper

ienc

esth

at h

ave,

for

too

long

, bee

n co

nsid

ered

out

side

of

the

U.S

. mai

nstr

eam

.T

his

pow

erfu

l lite

ratu

re s

houl

d al

so b

e us

ed b

y ed

ucat

ors

and

pare

nts

tobr

eak

dow

n bo

rder

s.T

he p

roce

ss o

f cr

eatin

g a

real

istic

vie

w o

f an

y cu

ltura

l exp

erie

nce

can

seem

a d

aunt

ing

task

. Nie

to (

1992

) po

sits

that

the

sear

ch f

or a

n au

then

ticlit

erat

ure

is n

ot th

e se

arch

for

an

alw

ays-

posi

tive,

rom

antic

ized

, or

idea

l-iz

ed p

ersp

ectiv

e. A

uthe

ntic

lite

ratu

m is

nei

ther

unr

ealis

tical

ly h

eroi

c no

rde

stru

ctiv

ely

nega

tive,

but

, rat

her,

atte

mpt

s to

ref

lect

the

rang

e of

issu

esan

d po

ssib

ilitie

s w

ithin

com

mun

ity e

xper

ienc

es.

'The

key

to th

e se

lect

ion

proc

ess

is u

nder

stan

ding

why

one

cho

oses

abo

ok a

nd h

ow it

will

be

used

. A b

ook

is n

ot g

ood

just

bec

ause

it r

efle

cts

othe

r cu

lture

s. F

urth

er e

valu

atio

n ca

n be

bas

ed o

n cr

iteri

a ad

apte

d fr

om th

ew

ork

of e

duca

tors

in th

e fi

eld

of in

terc

ultu

ral c

hild

ren'

s lit

erat

ure.

Tea

cher

s sh

ould

fir

st lo

ok a

t the

exi

stin

g cu

rric

ula

and

the

conc

epts

to b

esh

ared

with

stu

dent

s ov

er th

e co

urse

of

the

scho

ol y

ear.

An

exis

ting

curr

icul

um s

erve

s as

a f

ram

ewor

k fo

r id

entif

ying

aca

dem

ic g

oals

.It

is a

star

ting

poin

t for

con

side

ring

whe

re in

terc

ultu

ral d

iver

sifi

catio

n an

d en

-i p

ay I

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LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

hanc

emen

t are

mos

t app

ropr

iate

. In

addi

tion,

the

teac

her

need

s to

cons

ider

(1)

expe

cted

out

com

es, (

2) th

e ba

ckgr

ound

of

stud

ents

,(3

) th

e st

uden

ts'

prio

r kn

owle

dge

and

expo

sure

, (4)

lang

uage

pro

fici

ency

leve

l(s)

, and

(5)

the

lang

uage

s us

ed in

the

liter

ary

reso

urce

.T

he te

ache

r sh

ould

als

oco

nsid

er th

e m

ode

of tr

ansm

issi

on o

f th

e re

sour

ce, t

he f

orm

at f

orin

tegr

a-

tion

into

the

curr

icul

um, a

cade

mic

con

cept

s ou

tline

d, a

ndcu

ltura

l lea

rnin

g

conc

epts

exp

lore

d. F

igur

e 15

-2 id

entif

ies

som

e lit

erar

yan

d cu

ltura

l cri

teri

a

for

eval

uatin

g cu

ltura

l res

ourc

es a

nd c

reat

es a

sca

le f

oras

sess

ing

each

liter

ary

item

on

a va

riet

y of

issu

es. T

his

guid

e ca

n se

rve

as a

fram

ewor

k fo

r

the

inte

grat

ion

of a

ny c

ultu

ral r

esou

rce

in th

e cl

assr

oom

.T

he e

xcite

d ex

clam

atio

n of

"th

at's

abo

ut m

e" f

rom

ase

cond

-gra

der

afte

r

his

teac

her

read

s a

stor

y is

an

ever

yday

exp

erie

nce

for

child

ren

with

in th

e

maj

ority

cul

ture

. Chi

ldre

n fr

om o

ther

cul

ture

s, h

owev

er, d

o no

toft

en !

.ave

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

see

them

selv

es in

boo

ks (

Nie

to, 1

901)

.T

each

ers

and

scho

ols

have

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

mak

e it

poss

ible

for

all

child

ren

to s

ee

them

selv

es a

nd th

eir

expe

rien

ces

refl

ecte

d in

the

book

s th

at th

eyre

ad, a

nd

to b

alan

ce th

at w

ith li

tera

ture

that

ref

lect

s ex

peri

ence

sof

oth

ers

diff

eren

t

from

them

selv

es.

It is

impo

rtan

t to

rem

embe

r th

at a

sin

gle

book

can

not

acco

mpl

ish

ever

ythi

ng a

nd, t

here

fore

, eac

h bo

ok n

eed

not p

rovi

dein

form

a-

tion

on e

ach

and

ever

y as

pect

of

cultu

re.

Bal

ance

, ach

ieve

d th

roug

hm

ultip

le r

esou

rces

, is

the

key

to s

elec

ting

and

inte

grat

ing

cultu

ral r

esou

rces

succ

essf

ully

.

Mex

ican

, Mex

ican

Am

eric

an, a

nd L

atin

o V

oice

sin

Chi

ldre

n's

Lite

ratu

reH

azel

Roc

hman

(19

93)

belie

ves

that

a g

ood

book

can

hel

p to

brea

k

dow

n ba

rrie

rs, m

akin

g a

diff

eren

ce in

the

lives

of

read

ers

bydi

spel

ling

prej

udic

e an

d bu

ildin

g co

mm

unity

. A s

tory

sho

uld

lead

the

read

er to

imag

ine

the

lives

of

othe

rs in

all

thei

r co

mpl

exity

by

reac

hing

beyo

nd

ster

eoty

pe to

dep

ict u

niqu

e in

divi

dual

cha

ract

ers.

Roc

hrna

nco

nten

ds th

at

once

a r

eade

r vi

ews

a ch

arac

ter

as a

fla

wed

,com

plex

, str

ivin

g in

divi

dual

,

ster

eoty

pes

are

disp

elle

d.T

he te

rm "

His

pani

c A

mer

ican

" or

"L

atin

o" is

a n

ew o

ne f

or m

any

with

in

the

libra

ry a

nd p

ublis

hing

bus

ines

s, d

enot

ing

dual

mem

bers

hip

in th

e

cultu

ral h

erita

ges

of L

atin

Am

eric

a an

d th

e U

nite

d St

ates

.In

the

past

,fi

ndin

g bo

oks

abou

t eth

nic

heri

tage

s of

Lat

in A

mer

ica

and

the

Car

ibbe

an

was

dif

ficu

lt be

caus

e of

mis

info

rmat

ion

orne

glec

t on

the

part

of

mai

n-

stre

am U

.S. p

ublis

hers

. Bar

rera

's (

1992

)an

alys

is s

uppo

rts

the

asse

rtio

n

that

thos

e w

ho d

id p

ublis

h su

ch w

orks

typi

cally

pro

ject

ed a

ster

eoty

pica

lly

rom

antic

ized

vie

w o

f ho

w M

exic

ans

(and

by

impl

ic ..

tion,

oth

erSp

anis

h-

spea

king

per

sons

) w

ere

supp

osed

to a

ct, s

peak

, and

be.

Her

exam

inat

ion

of

the

two

or th

ree

Cal

deco

tt an

d N

ewbe

rry

awar

d-w

inni

ng b

ooks

that

ref

lect

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

255

Lat

ino

them

es s

ince

194

0 re

veal

s st

ereo

typi

cal c

hara

cter

izat

ions

, aty

pica

lre

pres

enta

tions

, and

neg

ativ

e th

emes

. Bar

rera

's in

sigh

ts d

emon

stra

te tw

oou

tsta

ndin

g th

emes

that

cha

ract

eriz

e th

is ty

pe o

f lit

erat

ure:

the

Ang

lobe

nefa

ctor

who

sav

es c

hara

cter

s fr

om th

emse

lves

and

the

emph

asis

on

Eng

lish

as th

e on

ly r

oute

to s

alva

tion

for

Span

ish-

spea

king

you

th (

Cou

ncil

on I

nter

raci

al B

ooks

for

Chi

ldre

n, 1

975;

Dur

an, 1

979)

. Eve

n th

ough

the

over

all s

cope

of

Lat

ino

liter

atur

e to

day

is v

astly

impr

oved

, boo

ks f

orch

ildre

n an

d yo

ung

adul

ts th

at r

efle

ct M

exic

an A

mer

ican

life

and

cul

ture

are

still

sev

erel

y un

derr

epre

sent

ed, c

onsi

deri

ng th

e pr

opor

tion

of th

e U

.S.

popu

latio

n th

at is

of

Mex

ican

Am

eric

an b

ackg

roun

d (B

arre

ra, 1

992)

. To-

day,

Mex

ican

Am

eric

ans

com

pris

e ov

er f

ive

perc

ent o

f th

e U

.S. p

opul

atio

nan

d ar

e th

e la

rges

t and

fas

test

-gro

win

g et

hnol

ingu

istic

gro

up in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, t

otal

ing

alm

ost 1

4 m

illio

n pe

rson

s (U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

1991

).In

the

late

196

0s, t

he s

tage

beg

an to

be

set f

or th

e em

erge

nce

ofch

ildre

n's

liter

atur

e w

ritte

n by

Mex

ican

Am

eric

ans.

Bar

rera

(19

92)

indi

-ca

tes

the

man

y fa

ctor

s th

at c

ontr

ibut

ed to

this

em

erge

nce,

mai

nly

the

liter

ary

expr

essi

on o

f pa

rtic

ipan

ts in

the

Chi

cano

mov

emen

t of

the

1960

san

d 19

70s

crea

ting

a ne

w e

thni

c co

nsci

ousn

ess

for

Mex

ican

Am

eric

ans.

Eve

n th

ough

littl

e of

this

wri

ting

was

for

you

ng p

eopl

e, n

onet

hele

ss it

crea

ted

a ba

ckdr

op w

here

by li

tera

ture

for

chi

ldre

n co

uld

find

psy

chol

ogic

alan

d ar

tistic

sup

port

. The

Bili

ngua

l Edu

catio

n A

ct o

f 19

68 w

as a

lso

anin

stru

men

tal f

orce

in th

e em

erge

nce

of c

hild

ren'

s lit

erat

ure

abou

t Mex

ican

Am

eric

an c

ultu

re a

nd li

fe w

ritte

n by

Mex

ican

Am

eric

ans

(Bar

rera

). S

ome

of th

e ea

rlie

st w

orks

that

em

erge

d fr

om th

is m

ovem

ent i

nclu

ded

thos

e of

Ern

est G

alar

za; t

he r

eadi

ng s

erie

s fo

r gr

ades

1-6

title

d Se

rie

Tie

rra

deE

ncan

to, c

reat

ed u

nder

the

dire

ctio

n of

Dol

ores

Gon

zfile

s, 1

972-

1977

; and

the

child

ren'

s bo

oks

of N

atha

niel

Arc

hule

ta. I

n th

e 19

60s

and

70s,

the

few

wor

ks o

f L

atin

os th

at w

ere

publ

ishe

d by

maj

or U

.S. p

ublis

hing

hou

ses

conf

orm

ed to

the

orev

ailin

g m

ains

trea

m v

iew

s th

at s

peak

ing

Span

ish

was

afl

aw to

be

over

com

e, a

nd th

at a

ssim

ilatin

g as

soo

n as

pos

sibl

e in

to m

ain-

stre

am U

.S. c

ultu

re w

as th

e m

ost a

ttrac

tive

and

inte

llige

nt c

hoic

e fo

r an

yL

atin

o im

mig

rant

. Som

e au

then

tic r

esou

rces

for

chi

ldre

n w

ere

publ

ishe

dby

sm

all p

ress

es, w

hich

dev

elop

ed a

s a

resu

lt of

the

need

to p

rodu

cecu

rric

ulum

mat

eria

ls f

or b

iling

ual c

hild

ren.

Whi

le m

uch

of th

is p

ublis

hing

was

in S

pani

sh, m

any

note

wor

thy

title

s ap

pear

ed in

Eng

lish

or in

a b

iling

ual

form

at. T

he C

hild

ren'

s B

ook

Pres

s w

as e

spec

ially

suc

cess

ful e

ven

befo

reth

e co

ncep

t of

publ

ishi

ng m

ultic

ultu

ral b

ooks

for

chi

ldre

n ca

me

into

vog

ue.

Thc

Rai

ntre

c H

ispa

nic

Stor

ies

seri

es is

a w

ell w

ritte

n an

d st

rong

rcs

ourc

efo

r br

ingi

ng im

port

ant L

atin

o hi

stor

ical

fig

ures

to li

fe f

or y

oung

rea

ders

(the

se h

isto

rica

l fig

ures

hav

ing

been

om

itted

fro

m m

ost s

tatc

-app

rove

dte

xtbo

oks)

.T

he im

mig

rant

and

ref

ugee

exp

erie

nce

cont

inue

s to

be

an im

port

ant

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LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

EJO

HN

M. K

IBLE

R26

7

20

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ure

15-2

. Cul

tura

l and

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rary

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delin

esfo

rS

elec

ting

Lite

ratu

re

Cul

tura

l Inf

orm

atio

n: A

ccur

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and

Aut

hent

ici.e

., do

es it

off

er a

n "i

nsid

er's

" or

info

rmed

"ou

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pers

pect

ive?

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y Su

cces

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Uns

ucce

ssfu

l

IIF

l4

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910

Plot

: Wel

l con

stru

cted

and

sub

stan

tial

i.e.,

is it

wel

l org

aniz

ed w

ith a

ctio

ns a

nd e

vent

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at a

re in

terr

e-la

ted,

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cal a

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elat

ed to

chi

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pers

onal

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erie

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?

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68

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ucce

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and

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dibl

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e th

e ph

ysic

al c

onte

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e ev

ents

as

wel

l as

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the

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y?

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y Su

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ucce

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l

1161

9

Cha

ract

eriz

atio

ns: R

eal a

nd N

on-S

tere

otyp

ical

in C

onte

xti.e

., do

es it

incr

ease

rea

der's

abi

lity

to e

mpa

thiz

e an

d br

eak

dow

nsu

btle

ste

reot

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rel

atio

nshi

ps p

ositi

ve, r

ealis

tic a

nd in

ter-

cultu

ral?

Ver

y Su

cces

sful

II11

113

68

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ucce

ssfu

l

9

Vie

wpo

int o

n D

iver

sity

: Dev

elop

men

t of

Con

stru

ctiv

e A

ttitu

des

i.e.,

does

it d

emon

stra

te d

iver

sity

with

in a

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cros

s cu

ltura

l gro

ups

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decr

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eth

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y Su

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46

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ucce

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l

910

The

me:

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nifi

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and

Mea

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i.e.,

are

the

them

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ot b

alan

ced

so th

at s

tude

nts

enco

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r bo

tha

good

sto

ry a

nd a

rea

l mes

sage

?

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y Su

cces

sful

Ii4

616

18

Uns

ucce

ssfu

l

9

Pers

pect

ives

: Mul

tiple

, Bal

ance

d, a

nd I

nclu

sive

i.e.,

does

it o

ffer

pos

itive

yet

rea

listic

situ

atio

ns o

r co

rrec

t dis

tor-

tions

or

omis

sion

s of

sig

nifi

cant

cul

tura

l or

hist

oric

al in

form

atio

n?

Ver

y Su

cces

sful

II4

68

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ucce

ssfu

l

910

Self

-Est

eem

: Rei

nfor

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f Po

sitiv

e Im

pact

on

Rea

der

i.e.,

does

it p

rovi

de f

or a

dis

cuss

ion

of s

elf-

este

em o

f st

uden

ts f

rom

both

insi

de a

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utsi

de th

e cu

ltura

l gro

up(s

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volv

ed?

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y Su

cces

sful

Uns

ucce

ssfu

l

46

89

10

Glo

bal P

ersp

ectiv

e:Se

eing

the

Wor

ld a

s an

Int

erde

pend

ent

Syst

emi.e

., do

es it

dev

elop

con

stru

ctiv

e at

titud

es to

war

d co

nflic

t, am

bigu

-ity

and

cha

nge?

Ver

y Su

cces

sful

El

4

Uns

ucce

ssfu

l

10

Mul

ticul

tura

l Aw

aren

ess:

Und

erst

andi

ng P

reju

dice

and

Big

otry

i.e.,

docs

it a

ckno

wle

dge

the

deva

stat

ing

effe

ct o

f in

equa

lity

and

offe

r so

lutio

ns a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

?

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y Su

cces

sful

Fl

46

PA

8

Uns

ucce

ssfu

l

910

Ada

pted

by

Ngo

c-D

iep

thi N

guye

n an

d Jo

hn M

. Kib

ler

from

Mul

ticul

tura

lLi

tera

ture

for

Chi

ldre

n: M

akin

g In

form

ed C

hoic

esby

R. S

. Bis

hop

(199

2);

Tow

ard

Coo

pera

tion

and

Inte

grat

ion,

page

65,

For

eign

Lan

guag

e an

d In

ter-

natio

nal S

tudi

es, N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n, a

nd S

kil/D

evel

-op

men

tin

Ele

men

tary

Soc

ial S

tudi

esby

Bar

bara

J. W

inst

on a

nd C

harl

otte

C.

And

erso

n (1

977)

.

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LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

them

e fo

r L

atin

o w

rite

rs o

f bo

th f

ictio

n an

d no

nfic

tion

fora

ll ag

es, w

ith th

e

mig

rant

wor

ker

and

his

life

expe

rien

ces

bein

g a

new

and

wel

com

e ad

ditio

n,

mos

tly in

non

fict

ion.

The

bor

der

is f

act a

nd m

etap

hor

for

man

y L

atin

ow

rite

rs, s

ervi

ng a

s an

imag

e of

the

bord

ers

of p

lace

, lan

guag

e, f

amily

, and

mem

ory

and

of th

e

indi

vidu

al b

etw

een

two

wor

lds

(Roc

hman

, 199

3).

The

you

ng a

dult

mar

ket,

how

ever

, con

tinue

s to

be

defi

cien

t in

mos

t

Lat

ino

them

es.

Unt

il re

cent

ly, l

ittle

was

pub

lishe

d in

Eng

lish.

I ha

ve

atte

mpt

ed to

incl

ude

in a

n an

nota

ted

bibl

iogr

aphy

som

ego

od n

onfi

ctio

n,

espe

cial

ly in

pho

to-e

ssay

for

m, a

bout

new

imm

igra

nts

inur

ban

and

rura

l

plac

es a

nd th

e sc

ope

of m

igra

nt w

orke

rs, f

ocus

ing

as m

uch

aspo

ssib

le o

n

the

expe

rien

ces

of M

exic

ans

and

Mex

ican

Am

eric

ans.

With

the

nota

ble

exce

ptio

n of

Gar

y So

to a

nd a

few

oth

ers,

you

ng a

dult

fict

ion

is li

mite

d to

the

adap

tatio

n an

d us

age

of a

dult

nove

ls.

An

exce

llent

cha

pter

ent

itled

"Id

eas

a L

itera

ture

Can

Gro

w o

n: K

eyIn

sigh

ts f

or E

nric

hing

and

Exp

andi

ng C

hild

ren'

s L

itera

ture

Abo

ut th

e

Mex

ican

Am

eric

an E

xper

ienc

e" (

Bar

rera

, Lig

uori

, & S

alas

,19

92)

is p

er-

haps

the

best

res

ourc

e to

be

foun

d on

the

topi

c. T

he c

hapt

er a

sser

tsth

at th

e

Mex

ican

Am

eric

an e

xper

ienc

e sh

ares

bot

h un

iver

sally

hum

an, a

sw

ell a

s

uniq

uely

per

sona

l and

dis

tinct

ive

qual

ities

, and

pro

vide

s an

outli

ne o

f th

e

basi

c un

ders

tand

ings

that

an

educ

ator

nee

ds to

util

ize

reso

urce

sof

this

genr

e ef

fect

ivel

y.T

he a

nnot

ated

bib

liogr

aphy

that

fol

low

s th

is c

hapt

er id

entif

ies

reso

urce

sfo

r th

ree

grou

ping

s of

gra

de le

vels

, as

wel

l as

furt

her

reso

urce

sin

poe

try;

entr

ies

with

in e

ach

sect

ion

are

orga

nize

d al

phab

etic

ally

by

auth

or.

Rec

om-

men

datio

ns a

nd o

pini

ons

expr

esse

d w

ithin

the

bibl

iogr

aphy

are

sol

ely

my

own.

Pub

lishe

d re

com

men

datio

ns o

fR

udin

e Si

ms

Bis

hop

and

the

Mul

ti-

cultu

ral B

ook

list C

omm

ittee

(19

94);

Ros

alin

da B

. Bar

rera

, Olg

aL

iguo

ri

and

Lor

etta

Sal

as (

1992

); H

azel

Roc

hman

(19

93);

Mas

ha K

abak

owR

udm

an

(199

3), N

goc-

Die

p th

i Ngu

yen

(199

3), a

nd O

ralia

Gar

za d

e C

orte

s(1

992)

,

as w

ell a

s re

com

men

datio

ns m

ade

in th

e bi

blio

grap

hy O

ur F

amili

es, O

urFr

iend

s, O

ur W

orld

(M

iller

-Lac

hman

, Ed.

) w

ere

used

ext

ensi

vely

as

agu

ide

in th

e se

arch

for

res

ourc

es to

ana

lyze

.in

add

itnn,

the

guid

ance

,en

cour

agem

ent,

and

advi

ce o

f Ju

dy K

wia

t, di

rect

or o

f th

e In

terA

mer

ica

Mid

wes

t Mul

tifun

ctio

nal R

esou

rce

Cen

ter,

pro

ved

inva

luab

le.

Dep

endi

ng o

n its

use

, a p

artic

ular

boo

k m

ay b

e ap

prop

riat

e ac

ross

vari

ous

grad

e le

vels

. Man

y bo

oks

that

you

nger

rea

ders

cou

ld n

ever

rcad

on

thei

r ow

n m

ay b

e re

ad to

them

and

util

ized

for

are

as o

f la

ngua

gele

arni

ng

and

rete

ntio

n.A

s an

Ang

lo e

duca

tor

deep

ly c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e ed

ucat

iona

l and

su

,tal

issu

es f

acin

g M

exic

an A

mer

ican

stu

dent

s an

d te

ache

rs in

Am

eric

a's

scho

ol,

I tu

rn in

con

clus

ion

to B

arre

ra, L

iguo

ri, a

nd S

alas

(19

92)

as a

way

toba

lanc

e m

y ou

tsid

er's

per

spec

tive

with

an

insi

der's

cla

rifi

catio

n:

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

If li

tera

ture

is to

do

all t

he e

xtra

ordi

nary

thin

gs li

tera

ture

pro

fess

iona

are

pres

ently

say

ing

it ca

n do

, nam

ely

to e

mpo

wer

and

tran

sfor

hum

an m

inds

, the

n th

e pr

esen

t cor

pus

of c

hild

ren'

s lit

erat

ure

mus

t fit

be tr

ansf

orm

ed in

to a

lite

ratu

re th

at r

epre

sent

s al

l the

cul

tura

l div

ersi

in th

is c

ount

ry. I

f no

t, th

en li

tera

ture

will

be

empo

wer

ing

only

inse

lect

ive

way

, mor

e fo

r ch

ildre

n fr

om s

ome

cultu

ral g

roup

s tin

othe

rs. G

iven

that

a 'n

ew w

orld

' and

'new

Am

eric

a' a

re u

nfol

dit

befo

re o

ur e

yes,

it m

akes

sen

se th

at a

new

lite

ratu

re f

or c

hild

ren,

ot

grou

nded

in h

uman

div

ersi

ty a

nd h

uman

und

erst

andi

ng, b

e pr

omot

i(p

. 236

). Ann

otat

ed B

iblio

grap

hy o

f Res

ourc

es fo

rS

tude

nts

and

Tea

cher

s

Pre

Sch

ool-G

rade

3A

da, A

lma

Flor

. (19

91).

The

Gol

d C

oin

Non

eda

de o

ro].

New

Ath

eneu

m.

Illu

stra

ted

by N

eil W

aldm

an. T

rans

late

d fr

om th

e Sp

anis

h by

Be

Ran

dall.

The

tena

city

of

a ki

nd o

ld w

oman

tran

sfor

ms

a th

ief

ire

spon

sibl

e m

an.

Bro

wn,

Tri

cia.

(19

86).

Hel

lo A

mig

os. N

ew Y

ork:

Hol

t.Ph

otog

raph

s by

Fra

n O

rtiz

. A y

oung

Mex

ican

Am

eric

an b

oy ir

Fran

cisc

o in

trod

uces

the

read

er to

his

fam

ily, h

is c

omm

unity

, an

cultu

re o

n th

e oc

casi

on o

f hi

s bi

rthd

ay.

Bun

ting,

Eve

. (19

90).

The

Wal

l. N

ew Y

ork:

Cla

rion

Boo

ks.

Illu

stra

ted

by R

onal

d H

imle

r. A

199

1 A

LA

Not

able

Boo

k an

d a

Not

able

Chi

ldre

n's

Tra

de B

ook

in th

e Fi

eld

of S

ocia

l Stu

dies

poig

nant

pic

ture

boo

k sh

ares

the

stor

y of

a y

oung

Lat

ino

boy

anfa

ther

as

they

vis

it th

e V

ietn

am V

eter

an's

Mem

oria

l in

Was

hing

ton

Cis

nero

s, S

andr

a. (

1994

). H

airs

= P

elito

s. N

ew Y

ork:

Kno

pf.

Illu

stra

ted

by T

erry

Ybi

fiez

. A v

igne

tte f

rom

the

auth

or's

bes

t-s4

adul

t nov

el, T

he H

ouse

on

Man

go S

tree

t, th

is b

iling

ual s

tory

look

sdi

vers

ity o

f ha

ir in

a lo

ving

fam

ily.

Del

acre

, Lul

u. (

1989

). A

rroz

Con

Lec

he. B

erge

nfie

ld, N

J: S

chol

asA

bili

ngua

l col

lect

ion

of L

atin

Am

eric

an s

ongs

and

cha

nts

on v

ath

emes

.

Dor

ros,

Art

hur.

(19

91).

Abu

ela.

New

Yor

k: D

utto

n C

hild

ren'

s B

OI

Als

o av

aila

ble

in S

pani

sh. I

llust

rate

d by

Elis

a K

leve

n.A

199

2 A

LA

Not

able

Chi

ldre

n's

Boo

k an

d 19

91 N

otab

le C

hilc

Boo

k in

the

Fiel

d of

Soc

ial S

tudi

es, t

his

mar

velo

us s

tory

, whi

ch f

etco

llage

art

wor

k, d

epic

ts th

e im

agin

ed f

light

of

a yo

ung

girl

an

4,gr

andm

othe

r ov

er N

ew o

rk C

ity.

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LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

Gar

cia,

Mar

fa.

(198

7).

The

Adv

entu

res

of C

onni

e an

d D

iego

= L

asav

entu

ras

de C

onni

e y

Die

go. R

ev. e

d. S

an F

ranc

isco

, CA

: Chi

ldre

n's

Boo

k Pr

ess.

Tra

nsla

ted

into

Spa

nish

by

Alm

a Fl

or A

da. I

llust

rate

d by

Mal

aqui

asM

onto

ya. I

llust

rate

d by

a n

oted

Cal

ifor

nia

mur

alis

t, th

is m

oder

n bi

lin-

gual

fai

ry ta

le e

xplo

res

the

impo

rtan

t rol

e th

at s

elf-

acce

ptan

ce p

lays

for

two

child

ren

deal

ing

with

pre

judi

ce a

nd b

igot

ry.

Hav

ill, J

uani

ta. (

1992

). T

reas

ure

Nap

. Bos

ton,

MA

: Hou

ghto

n M

iffl

in.

Illu

stra

ted

by E

livia

Sav

adie

r. A

nap

sto

ry tu

rns

into

an

expl

orat

ion

offa

mily

fol

klor

e fo

r a

youn

g M

exic

an A

mer

ican

gir

l as

she

expl

ores

the

trea

sure

s of

her

gre

at-g

reat

-gra

ndm

othe

r's tr

unk.

Lom

as G

arza

, Car

men

, as

told

to H

arri

et R

ohm

er. (

1990

). F

amily

Pic

ture

s=

Cua

dros

de

fam

ilia.

San

Fra

ncis

co, C

A: C

hild

ren'

s B

ook

Pres

s.T

rans

late

d in

to S

pani

sh b

y R

osal

ma

Zub

izar

reta

. A m

arve

lous

intr

oduc

-tio

n to

one

of

Am

eric

a's

fine

st M

exic

an A

mer

ican

art

ists

, thi

s bi

lingu

albo

ok r

efle

cts

the

child

hood

mem

orie

s of

the

artis

t in

a ru

ral S

outh

Tex

asse

tting

.

Mor

a, P

at. (

1992

). A

Bir

thda

y B

aske

t for

Ma.

New

Yor

k: M

acm

illan

.Il

lust

rate

d by

Cec

ily L

ang.

A b

eaut

iful

ly il

lust

rate

d st

ory

of h

ow a

youn

g M

exic

an A

mer

ican

gir

l and

her

cat

sur

pris

e he

r 90

-yea

r-ol

d gr

eat-

aunt

on

her

birt

hday

. Als

o of

not

e by

this

aut

hor

is T

omas

and

the

Lib

rary

Lad

y (K

nopf

) an

d Pa

blo'

s T

ree

(Mac

mill

an).

Mos

t, B

erna

rd. (

1990

). T

he C

ow T

hat W

ent O

ink.

San

Die

go: H

arco

urt

Bra

ce J

ovan

ovic

h.O

ne o

f m

y fa

vori

tes,

this

sto

ry lo

oks

at tw

o an

imal

s w

ho s

trug

gle

with

the

proc

ess

of b

ecom

ing

bilin

gual

.

Roc

, Eile

en. (

1991

). C

on M

i Her

man

o =

With

My

Bro

ther

. New

Yor

k:B

radb

ury

Pres

s.Il

lust

rate

d by

Rob

ert C

asill

a.Sp

anis

h tr

ansl

atio

n by

Jo

Min

tzer

. Abi

lingu

al s

tory

of

the

war

m a

nd c

arin

g re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n tw

o L

atin

obr

othe

rs.

Scho

berl

e, C

ecile

. (19

90).

Esm

eral

da a

nd th

e Pe

t Par

ade.

New

Yor

k:Si

mon

and

Sch

uste

r B

ooks

for

You

ng R

eade

rs.

A g

ood

and

unus

ually

illu

stra

ted

stor

y of

a g

roup

of

Mex

ican

Am

eric

anch

:ldre

n an

d th

eir

goat

, Ess

ie, a

nd th

e ad

vent

ures

they

hav

e at

the

Sant

eFe

Pet

Par

adc.

Stan

ek, M

urie

l. (1

989)

. I S

peak

Eng

lish

for

My

Mom

. Nile

s, I

L: A

lber

tW

hitm

an.

Illu

stra

ted

by J

udith

Fri

edm

an. A

str

ong

and

evoc

ativ

e ta

le o

f th

e ro

lean

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

a y

oung

Mex

ican

Am

eric

an g

irl w

ho s

erve

s as

tran

slat

or f

or h

er w

idow

ed m

othe

r.

Stev

ens,

Jan

Rom

ero.

(19

93).

Car

los

and

the

Squa

sh P

lant

= C

arlo

s y

la

2L1

plan

ta d

e ca

laba

za. F

lags

taff

, AZ

: Nor

thla

nd P

ublis

hing

.Il

lust

rate

d by

Jea

nne

Arn

old.

A w

onde

rful

sto

ry o

f a

youn

g M

exic

an

JOH

N M

. KIB

LER

261

Am

eric

an b

oy w

ho li

ves

on a

far

m w

ith h

is lo

ving

fam

ily a

nd d

isco

vers

wha

t can

hap

pen

whe

n yo

u re

fuse

to w

ash

behi

nd y

our

ears

.

Wei

ss, N

icki

. (19

92).

On

a H

ot, H

ot D

ay. N

ew Y

ork:

Put

nam

's.

Sim

ple

illus

trat

ions

and

rep

eate

d rh

ymes

dep

ict w

hat a

you

ng b

oy a

ndhi

s m

om d

o in

ord

er to

sta

y co

ol o

n a

hot d

ay.

Gra

des

4 -

7A

shab

rann

er, B

rent

K. (

1987

). T

he V

anis

hing

Bor

der:

A P

hoto

grap

hic

Jour

ney

Alo

ng O

ur F

ront

ier

with

Mex

ico.

New

Yor

k: D

odd,

Mea

d.Ph

otog

raph

s by

Pau

l Con

klin

. Nar

rativ

e, in

terv

iew

s, a

nd p

hoto

grap

hspo

rtra

y th

e ci

ties,

tow

ns, a

nd c

itize

ns o

f th

e T

exas

-Mex

ico

bord

er.

Bea

tty, P

atri

cia.

(19

81).

Lup

ita M

aiia

na. N

ew Y

ork:

Mor

row

.T

he h

arro

win

g st

ory

of tw

o un

docu

men

ted

Mex

ican

chi

ldre

n w

ho, i

n an

atte

mpt

to s

uppl

emen

t the

ir s

ingl

e m

othe

r's in

com

e, e

xper

ienc

e th

eda

nger

s, te

mpt

atio

ns, a

nd p

ainf

ul r

ealit

ies

of li

fe in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

Bet

hanc

ourt

, T. E

rnes

to.

(198

5).

The

Me

Insi

de o

f M

e. M

inne

apol

is:

Ler

ner

Publ

icat

ions

.A

pos

itive

and

aff

irm

ing

stor

y of

a 1

7-ye

ar-o

ld L

atin

o ad

oles

cent

who

expl

ores

soc

ial p

ress

ures

, cla

ss, a

nd s

elf-

iden

tity

as h

e m

ust a

djus

tqu

ickl

y to

sud

den

wea

lth a

nd w

hat i

t can

do

to o

ne's

life

.

Car

lstr

om, N

ancy

Whi

te. (

1990

). L

ight

: Sto

ries

of

a Sm

all K

indn

ess.

Bos

ton:

Litt

le B

row

n.Il

lust

rate

d by

Lis

a D

esim

ini.

A c

olle

ctio

n of

sto

ries

set

in d

iffe

rent

cultu

res

(inc

ludi

ng M

exic

an c

ultu

re)

expl

ores

uni

vers

al th

emes

thro

ugh

smal

l kin

dnes

ses

and

mys

tical

eve

nts.

Cod

ye, C

orin

n.(1

990)

.V

ilma

Mar

tinez

.R

aint

ree

His

pani

c St

orie

s.M

ilwau

kee:

Rai

ntre

e Pu

blis

hers

.T

rans

late

d in

to S

pani

sh b

y A

lma

Flor

Ada

. Illu

stra

ted

by S

usi K

ilgor

e.T

his

insp

irat

iona

l bili

ngua

l sto

ry lo

oks

at th

e lif

e of

a f

emal

e M

exic

anA

mer

ican

law

yer

and

serv

es a

s a

test

amen

t to

sim

ilar

stor

ies

in M

exic

anA

mer

ican

his

tory

.

Hew

ett,

Joan

. (19

89).

Get

ting

Ele

cted

: The

Dia

ry o

f a

Cam

paig

n. N

ewY

ork:

Lod

esta

r B

ooks

.Ph

otog

raph

s by

Ric

hard

Hew

ett.

Thi

s m

arve

lous

pho

to e

ssay

look

s at

the

cam

paig

n of

Glo

ria

Mol

ina,

the

firs

t Chi

cana

ele

cted

to th

e C

alif

or-

nia

Ass

embl

y.

Hew

ett,

Joan

. (19

90).

Hec

tor

Liv

es in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es N

ow: T

he S

tory

of

a M

exic

an A

mer

ican

Chi

ld. N

ew Y

ork:

Lip

pinc

ott.

Phot

ogra

phs

by R

icha

rd H

ewet

t. A

noth

er s

tron

g ph

oto

essa

y by

the

Hew

etts

look

s at

the

daily

life

of

a 10

-yea

r-ol

d M

cxic

an A

mer

ican

and

his

fam

ily in

a r

esid

entia

l are

a of

Los

Ang

eles

.

Hug

hes,

Shi

rley

.(1

991)

.W

heel

s: A

Tal

e of

Tro

tter

Stre

et.

Lon

don:

Wal

ker.

25

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LAT

INO

VO

ICE

S IN

CH

ILD

RE

N'S

LIT

ER

AT

UR

E

A f

amily

sto

ry f

ocus

ed o

n a

Lat

ino

boy'

s ho

pe f

or a

new

bik

e an

d a

brot

her's

gen

eros

ity.

Kru

ll, K

athl

een.

(19

94).

Mar

ia M

olin

a an

d th

e D

ays

of th

e D

ead.

New

Yor

k: M

acm

illan

.Il

lust

rate

d by

Enr

ique

0. S

anch

ez. A

str

ong

and

easi

ly u

nder

stoo

dex

plan

atio

n an

d ex

peri

ence

of

a fa

mily

's p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e D

ays

of th

eD

ead

cele

brat

ion.

Maz

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Joa

nn. (

1992

). T

he O

ne W

ho C

ame

Bac

k. B

osto

n: H

ough

ton

Mif

flin

.A

199

3 R

ecom

men

ded

Boo

k fo

r R

eluc

tant

You

ng A

dult

Rea

ders

, thi

sre

alis

tic c

omin

g-of

-age

nov

el e

xplo

res

inte

rrac

ial f

rien

dshi

p, f

amili

alre

latio

nshi

ps, a

nd b

igot

ry d

irec

ted

tow

ard

Mex

ican

Am

eric

ans.

Rob

erts

, Nau

rice

. (19

86).

Ces

ar C

have

z an

d L

a C

ausa

. Pic

ture

-Sto

ryB

iogr

aphi

es. C

hica

go: C

hild

ren'

s Pr

ess.

A s

impl

ifie

d bu

t mov

ing

biog

raph

y of

an

impo

rtan

t Mex

ican

Am

eric

anw

ho d

edic

ated

his

life

to h

elpi

ng f

arm

wor

kers

gai

n ri

ghts

and

res

pect

thro

ugh

the

Uni

ted

Farm

Wor

kers

of

Am

eric

a. O

ther

bio

grap

hies

of

note

in th

is s

erie

s ar

e th

ose

on E

vere

tt A

lvar

ez, J

r., E

vely

n C

isne

ros,

and

Hen

ry C

isne

ros.

Soto

, Gar

y. (

1987

). T

he C

at's

Meo

w. S

an F

ranc

isco

, CA

: Str

awbe

rry

Hill

Pres

s.Il

lust

rate

d by

Car

olyn

Sot

o. T

he n

oLA

Chi

cano

poe

t and

nov

elis

t's f

irst

book

for

you

nger

chi

ldre

n ex

plor

es th

e na

ture

of

com

mun

icat

ion

thro

ugh

the

devi

ce o

f a

girl

's c

at w

ho p

osse

sses

the

uniq

ue a

bilit

y to

spe

ak a

fore

ign

lang

uage

Span

ish.

Taf

olla

, Car

men

. Pat

chw

ork

Col

cha:

A C

hild

ren'

s C

olle

ctio

n.A

col

lect

ion

of p

oem

s, s

tori

es, a

nd s

ongs

in S

pani

sh a

nd E

nglis

h by

this

Chi

cana

poe

t and

bili

ngua

l chi

ldre

n's

tele

visi

on w

rite

r. A

fur

ther

colle

ctio

n of

her

wor

k th

at in

clud

es s

ome

of th

e st

orie

s fr

om a

bove

, but

also

poe

try,

is th

e ch

ildre

n's

chap

ter

in S

onne

ts to

Hum

an B

eing

s an

dO

ther

Sel

ecte

d W

orks

by

Car

men

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olla

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ritic

al E

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aM

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odor

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eng

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and

harr

owin

g st

ory

of a

mot

herl

ess

12-y

ear-

old

Mex

i-ca

n yo

uth

who

ven

ture

s no

rth

to th

e U

nite

d St

ates

in s

earc

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his

mig

rant

wor

ker

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uent

os d

e N

iiios

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ldre

n's

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A: Q

uint

o So

l.E

leve

n va

ried

sho

rt s

tori

es in

bot

h Sp

anis

h an

d E

nglis

h fo

r ol

der

el-

emen

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06

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Sho

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lbuq

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ewA

mer

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Uni

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ity o

f N

ew M

exic

o Pr

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A s

tron

g an

d ba

lanc

ed a

ntho

logy

of

cont

empo

rary

sho

rt f

ictio

n by

suc

hpr

omin

ent a

utho

rs a

s R

udol

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naya

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Ari

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Sol (

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ry a

war

dfo

r be

st w

ritte

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ork

by a

Mex

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Am

eric

an),

and

in th

is n

ovel

for

olde

r re

ader

s he

exp

lore

s a

youn

g bo

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expe

rien

ces

and

feel

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as

hew

atch

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com

mun

ity a

ccus

e th

e lo

cal c

uran

dera

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ith h

eale

r), w

holiv

es w

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is f

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witc

hcra

ft. A

lso

reco

mm

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d is

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ere

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atio

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ook

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A b

eaut

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exic

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mer

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fam

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atts

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he a

nxie

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nter

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the

Uni

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Stat

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lega

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e fe

ars

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port

atio

n ar

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pict

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e M

exic

an e

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atin

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J. B

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ippi

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rteg

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ntro

duct

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Tra

nsla

ted

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e ed

itors

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s ex

celle

nt a

ntho

logy

fea

ture

s M

exic

an w

rite

r Jo

rge

Ibar

quen

goiti

a an

d ni

ne o

ther

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vary

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them

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s m

any

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orth

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mer

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he H

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nish

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casa

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Man

go S

tree

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his

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t sto

ry c

olle

ctio

n ch

roni

cles

the

colle

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e cu

ltura

l exp

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nce

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e au

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oust

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rte

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exic

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mcr

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this

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Chi

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thro

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prot

agon

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An

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col

lect

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e be

st w

ritin

g by

Mex

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Am

eric

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inea

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Thi

scl

assi

c of

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ays

the

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h, v

iole

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ight

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Thi

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ntro

vers

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iogr

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arco

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A w

onde

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ung

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orni

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mer

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