The 2015 L4LL Día Blog Hop
Welcome to our third annual L4LL Día Blog Hop! We celebrate the literacy-focused event El día de los niños, el día de los libros (also known as Día) by spotlighting 12 U.S. Hispanic authors and...
View ArticlePat Mora for the 2015 L4LL Día Blog Hop
It is with greatest joy that for our third year in a row, L4LL launches our annual Día Blog Hop! We’ve changed things up a bit this year and will be featuring three Latino authors or illustrators each...
View ArticleLunchtime Author Google Hangout with Margarita Engle
Award winner Margarita Engle kicked off our L4LL Lunchtime Author Google Hangout series. Margarita shared all kinds of chisme on her forthcoming book Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings and...
View ArticleOur Summer Reading Program on Univision’s Despierta América
Anchor Satcha Pretto and Viviana Hurtado, Ph.D. Courtesy: Univision’s Despierta América Familia, we are so excited to be on Univision’s top-rated national morning show Despierta América! I reported on...
View ArticleA Guide to Translangauging in Latino/a Literature for Educators PreK-12
We’re so pleased to share with you this valuable free resource for both parents and educators. Created by Vanessa Pérez Rosario, Ph.D., a professor of Latino Studies with a focus on literature and...
View ArticleLunchtime Author Google Hangout with René Colato Laínez
Award-winning author René Colato Laínez. Courtesy: Latinas for Latino Lit (L4LL) Award winner René Colato Laínez continues our L4LL Lunchtime Author Google Hangout series. René shares all kinds of...
View ArticleLunchtime Author Google Hangout with Author/Illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh
Award-winning author and illlustrator Duncan Tonatiuh completes our 2015 L4LL Lunchtime Author Google Hangout series. Duncan shows us his forthcoming book Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead...
View Article10 Tips to Nurture a Biliterate and Bilingual Child
The following is part of our series on Raising Biliterate Children by guest contributor, Dr. Carlos Ulloa. In this article, he’s partnered with Laine Gen to present these helpful tips for parents....
View ArticleRemarkable Latino Children’s Literature of 2015
Each year, we receive dozens of books to be considered in the L4LL Reading Programs. Most of them are beautifully written and/or illustrated works that depict the diversity of the Latino experience. A...
View ArticleThe 9 Books by Hispanic Authors to Win 2016 ALA Awards
What an incredible week! Yesterday at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, something amazing happened. Eight Hispanic authors or illustrators won or were recognized by no less than seven different...
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