RIF Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
2015
September 15th to October 15th is National Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates generations of Hispanic Americans who have enriched our nation and society. Here are some of our favorite children’s books to commemorate the occasion:
Little Chanclas, Jose Lozano
Little Lilly Lujan loves her chanclas (flip-flops) in this fun bilingual tale about one girl’s love for her shoes. In fact, Lily refuses any footwear except her favorite pair of flip-flops, causing her family to nickname her “Little Chanclas.” All day, they go slippety-slap and flippity-flop, until one day Lilly dances at a fiesta and her chanclas come apart! Little Chanclas is inconsolable, rejecting shoe after shoe, until a miracle happens. She tries on a pair of soccer shoes, she goes clickety-click and… Goal! She’s a star!
Diego Rivera His World and Ours, Duncan Tonatiuh
Diego Rivera is one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, and this is the perfect way to introduce him to younger readers! Diego is a young and mischievous boy, but his passion for art is undeniable – he goes on to become one of the world’s greatest painters! Duncan Tonatiuh also gets young readers thinking when he asks, what would Diego be painting were he with us today? What histories and stories would he bring to life? RIF also has an activity sheet to accompany the book that’s packed with things to do: http://www.rif.org/documents/us/Diego-Rivera.pdf
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred, Samantha R. Vamos
This is the perfect book for anyone looking to add Spanish words to their child’s vocabulary! It tells the story of how a farm maiden and all the animals work together to make a delicious arroz con leche (rice pudding) to serve at the fiesta. Cleverly incorporating Spanish words by substituting them in place of the English words on the page before, this vibrant story makes learning the language easy and fun! Best of all, the recipe for the arroz con leche is included at the end! Once you’ve read the book, RIF’s activity sheet carries on the fun: http://www.rif.org/documents/us/The-Cazuela-That-the-Farm-Maiden-Stirred.pdf
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