By Alma Flor Ada When My Name is María Isabel was published in 1993 I was delighted to see that many school and some school districts saw the benefit that all teachers would read this brief chapter book, because they recognized that the significance that students’ names, whichever their origin, … [Read more...] about Looking Back: Musings on Diversity and Identity in Hispanic and Latin American Children’s Literature
Looking Back
Looking Back: Making Accessibility Accessible
My life changed Thanksgiving Day 2003. While I was attending a work retreat with my husband at a resort in Mexico my children, who were with their grandparents in Orlando, were in a terrible car accident. My five-year-old son escaped with only a bruise. My ten-year-old daughter suffered a T11 spinal … [Read more...] about Looking Back: Making Accessibility Accessible
South Asian Kidlit
When I sat down to write this post, I had no idea what to write about. My formative years were in the 80’s and the only South Asian stories I knew were the Amir Chitra Katha books and folktales of Akbar and Birbal from India. Living in rural Pennsylvania I grew up on a steady diet of Richard Scarry … [Read more...] about South Asian Kidlit
