Cricket Magazine, a
division of ePals, Inc. proudly announces the addition of Iguana and Babybug en
español to their award-winning family of 14 children's publications.
IGUANA
is a Spanish language magazine for children ages 7-12 who grew up learning and
speaking Spanish. Each issue engages children with interesting text, beautiful
illustrations, and intriguing photographs across a wide variety of new and
interesting topics including history, geography, science, technology, language
arts, math and more. IGUANA's interesting content motivates children to read,
reinforcing reading skills in Spanish and encouraging Latino cultural
preservation.
Each 32-page issue of IGUANA includes:
• Advertising-free
articles, interviews, and stories written in simple standard Spanish
• Biographies
& interviews with
personalities that have influenced the lives of Latinos in America
•Fictional
stories with
characters, experiences, and settings familiar to kids
•Science
articles, recipes, craft projects, and much, much more!
The
IGUANA magazine story
As the
parent of two bilingual, bicultural, biracial children, I feel strongly that I
must expose my daughters to the beauty of the Spanish language and the richness
of Latin American culture. My daughters love books but it is difficult to find
original literature in Spanish. Most of the books that I have found are simply
translations of books such as Dr. Seuss, and the Arthur and Franklin series. I
am dismayed by the small quantity of quality children's literature written in
Spanish. Therefore, with my daughters as an inspiration, I decided to start
IGUANA, an educational magazine for Spanish speaking children. The dream for my
daughters, and for all Latino children, is that they will continue to read in Spanish,
to feel proud of being bilingual, and to never forget their roots. I hope that
other parents share this dream by supporting Iguana magazine and its mission.
¡Lee ~ Descubre ~ Disfruta! [read ~ discover ~ enjoy]
¡Lee ~ Descubre ~ Disfruta! [read ~ discover ~ enjoy]
Christianne Meneses Jacobs
Founder & Editor
You can read an interview with Christianne Meneses Jacobs in here in La Bloga: http://labloga.blogspot.com/2007/08/interview-with-christianne-meneses.html
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