I'm a member of REFORMA, and I have to admit that while sometimes I might get a little overwhelmed keeping up with the content through Google Groups, I do appreciate the commitment some members have in posting. ;-) In any case, I'm cleaning out my inbox with all the postings I kept that I meant to post to the blog.
Back in August, someone posted about some wonderful librarians who call themselves Luminarias (luminaries) as they guide bilingual (Spanish-English) children to books that are representative of their heritage and feature Hispanic children in illustrations (as a mixed heritage person who is pale, this is is a bit suspect, but, in general, I do agree that there aren't many other colors in most children's books). I was very fortunate to work in a library that paid particular attention to Spanish and bilingual books, and although I no longer work in children's services, I'm excited to provide some more resources for those library professionals looking for more ideas:
http://education.kera.org/librarians-in-search-of-books-for-latino-kids/#more-2338
http://latinoedbeat.org/2013/08/14/librarians-create-bilingual-reading-list/
Latino Ed Beat is a great blog!
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