#INTYALITMONTH: Bridging Worlds: The Translation Gap in Latin American YA Literature

Posted on by katieday

Written by Brenda Brusegard When I arrived in Ecuador for my first international teaching position, I made a startling discovery. Out of 25,000 books in the secondary school library, only a couple thousand were in Spanish. This wasn't just a fluke. Our Ecuadorian students, learning English from a young age, gravitated toward reading books in … Continue reading #INTYALITMONTH: Bridging Worlds: The Translation Gap in Latin American YA Literature

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge

Posted on by Nanette McGuinness

Wolf Little Lobo and his rooster sidekick Kooky Dooky are back! Raúl the Third (Raúl Gonzalez) continues his award-winning bilingual ¡Vamos! series with ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge. As in the first two volumes for readers age 4-7, the third bustles with cross-cultural Tex-Mex action and zany illustrations. All three books have brought Raúl the … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge