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This selection guide will be welcomed by libraries serving Spanish-speaking children and youth. It will be useful for selection of reading materials for beginning Spanish speakers. Lisca ...comprehensive...handy and reliable...will aid YA librarians and teachers in their search for quality literature for children and young adults who are either proficient in Spanish or interested in the language and/or Hispanic culture...I found the great variety of categories and reader appeal, from pre-schoolers to high school students, impressive with well-chosen selections for all age groups...will help to expand readers' cultural horizons and promote a greater awareness and deeper understanding of the Hispanic people's ancestral roots, ancient traditions, ethnic sensibilities, and cherished heritage. Voya

This selection guide will be welcomed by libraries serving Spanish-speaking children and youth. It will be useful for selection of reading materials for beginning Spanish speakers. * Lisca * ...comprehensive...handy and reliable...will aid YA librarians and teachers in their search for quality literature for children and young adults who are either proficient in Spanish or interested in the language and/or Hispanic culture...I found the great variety of categories and reader appeal, from pre-schoolers to high school students, impressive with well-chosen selections for all age groups...will help to expand readers' cultural horizons and promote a greater awareness and deeper understanding of the Hispanic people's ancestral roots, ancient traditions, ethnic sensibilities, and cherished heritage. * VOYA *

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Dr. Isabel Schon is Director of the Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents at California State University, San Marcos. She has authored 20 books and over 300 research and literary articles in the areas of bilingual/multicultural education and literature for Latino children and adolescents.

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