Ganadores del Premio Campoy-Ada

LA ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA, 

ANUNCIA CON FECHA 14 DE ENERO 2019, 

LOS GANADORES DEL PREMIO CAMPOY-ADA DE LITERATURA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL.

Respondiendo a su compromiso por defender y propiciar el uso del español en todas sus variantes auténticas y la difusión de literatura de calidad desde la infancia, la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) ha instituido este premio cuyo nombre honra a dos de sus miembros. 

El objetivo de este premio es reconocer obras de literatura infantil y juvenil publicadas en español en los Estados Unidos que destaquen por la originalidad de su idea, su realización literaria y artística y por el uso excelente del lenguaje.

  


In consonance with its commitment to defend and foster the use of the Spanish language in all its authentic variations and the support of quality literature for children and young adults, the North American Academy of the Spanish Language has instituted this award named in honor of two of its members.

The objective of this award is to recognize books for children and young adult published in Spanish in the United States, that stand out for the content originality, its literary and artistic creation, and the excellent use of Spanish.

CATEGORÍA 1A: LIBROS TROQUELADOS/BOARD BOOKS 

Honor

Cuánto mamá te quiere. Autor, Terry Pierce. Ilustradora, Simone Shin.   

Traductor, Alexis Romay. Simon & Schuster, 2018

CATEGORÍA 1B: LECTURA INICIAL / EASY READERS

Premio

La princesa de cabello invisible. Autora, Yulién Jiménez. Ilustrador, Dahn 

Tran Art. Voces de hoy, 2017

Honor 

Colección “Cuentos traviesos” de 5 libros. Autora, Margarita Robleda.  

Ilustradora, Eulalia Cornejo. Santillana, 2018.

CATEGORÍA 1C: LIBROS DE IMÁGENES /PICTURE BOOKS

Premio

La princesa del agua. Basado en la infancia de Georgie Badiel. Autora, Susan Verde. Ilustrador, Peter H. Reynolds. Traductora, Roxanna Eardman. Santillana, 2017. 

Honor

Galapagueña. Autora, Marsha Diane Arnold. Ilustradora, Ángela Domínguez. 

Traductora, Adriana Domínguez. Children’s Book Press. Lee & Low, 2018.

Honor 

Cosechando amigos. Autora, Kathleen Contreras. Ilustrador, Gary Undercuffler. Traductora, Gabriela Baeza Ventura. Piñata Books, Arte Público Press. 2018. 

Honor 

Pastel para enemigos. Autor, Derek Munson. Ilustradora, Tara Calahan King.Traductor, Juan Pablo Lombana. Chronicle Books. 2018.

CATEGORÍA 1D: LIBROS INFANTILES ILUSTRADOS / ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Honor

La ñusta diminuta. Autora, Mariana Llanos. Ilustrador, Uldarico Sarmiento. 

Purple Corn Press, 2018.

CATEGORÍA 2: NOVELAS INFANTILES / MIDDLE GRADE NOVELS

Honor

Do-re-misterio playero. Autora, Isabel Araiza Arana. Ilustrador, DiegoArana.

Isla Rana, 2017.

CATEGORÍA 4: POESÍA INFANTIL / POETRY FOR CHILDREN

Premio

Poemas familiares para cada día de la semana. Autor, Francisco X. Alarcón. 

Ilustradora, Maya Christina González. Children’s Book Press. Lee & Low, 

2017. 

Honor

Monstruos. Autor, Ricardo Williams. Ilustradora, Sozapato(Sofía Zapata).  

Santillana, 2017. 

CATEGORÍA 5: POESÍA JUVENIL / POETRY FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Premio

En el fondo del amanecer (El mapa de nuestros muertos). Autor, Chito Cuéllar. 

Luna’s Press, 2018.

CATEGORÍA 6: AUTOBIOGRAFÍAS/ MEMORIAS JUVENILES 

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/ MEMOIRS FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Premio

Camino a las estrellas: Mi recorrido de Girl Scout a ingeniera astronómica. 

Autora, Sylvia Acevedo. Traductora, Isabel Mendoza. Clarion Books, 2018.

CATEGORÍA 10: BIOGRAFÍA INFANTIL / BIOGRAPHIES FOR CHILDREN

Premio

Conoce a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Autora, Edna Iturralde. 
 Ilustradora:María Jesús Álvarez. Santillana, 2017.

Honor

Conoce a Bernardo de Gálvez. Autor, Guillermo Fesser. Ilustrador, Alejandro Villén. Santillana,  2017.

Honor

Telegramas al cielo: la infancia de monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero.  
          

Autor René Colato Laínez. Ilustrador, Pixote Hunt. Luna’s Press Books.

CATEGORÍA 12: INFORMATIVOS: LIBROS INICIALES / NON-FICTION INITIAL BOOKS 

Honor

¡Hola, Zapata! Autora, María Alma G. González. DelAlma Publishers, 2016.

Honor

Otorgado a American Reading Company, por el conjunto de libros en español 

en esta categoría.

JURADO

El jurado estuvo integrado por los siguientes miembros de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española:

Alma Flor Ada. Profesora Emérita de la Universidad de San Francisco. Líder visionaria de la educación bilingüe y el reconocimiento de la importante función de los padres en la educación.  Su amplia obra incluye pedagogía transformadora, narrativa para adultos y numerosos libros galardonados para niños y jóvenes.

F. Isabel Campoy. Autora prolífica, educadora, luchadora por los valores de justicia social, defensora del bilingüismo. Receptora de numerosos galardones entre otros, los premios Ramón Santiago de NABE y Tomás Rivera de la Universidad Estatal de Texas.

Nasario García.  Autor de más de treinta libros bilingües tanto en poesía como prosa, para lectores jóvenes y adultos. El profesor García es especialista en la historia oral y el folklore, así como la lengua española y la cultura del estado de Nuevo México.

Eduardo Lolo. Autor de textos de historia y crítica literaria. Investigador de literatura infantil. Profesor universitario y bibliógrafo de MLA (Modern Language Association of América).

Gerardo Piña Rosales. Profesor universitario (The City University of New York), crítico literario, novelista, editor, fotógrafo y director de la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. Es miembro correspondiente de la Real Academia Española.

Carmen Tafolla. Profesora de la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio con una larga trayectoria de apoyo a la educación bilingüe, la Dra. Tafolla enseña el curso de Transformative Children’s Literature. Sus libros para niños y jóvenes han sido galardonados con premios nacionales e internacionales.

Chicanonautica: A Spanish New Wave

by Ernest Hogan

My wife and I gave up on cable years ago. We dip into it in motels when we travel, where it has become apparent that most television is background noise with commercials. I do have a morbid curiosity about what they’re selling these days, but it gets old fast.

Most evenings we amuse ourselves with Hulu and some of the network websites, which I can enjoy now that I’ve learned not to take them seriously (or maybe I’m just getting old). Often the pickings get slim and we search for movies on Amazon Prime and Netflicks.

Recently, we’ve noticed a lot of interesting movies coming from Spain.

Some of you will sneer at this. You view Spain as the enemy as you construct your native identity in English. But I’ve found that I have a lot more in common with Spanish culture than with a lot of what the Anglo-dominated entertainment industry serves up.

Spanish movies have always been different, going back to the silent special effects wizardry of Segundo de Chomón. Their horror movies are a twisted universe of their own. And when it comes to art films, there’s plenty of blood, guts, tits, and ass.

But we should expect that from the homeland of bullfighting, the mother of all art forms.

And don’t confuse these movies with the ancient French New Wave. They have arty styles and looks, but these are fast-moving. Sure, you have to read subtitles and hear a Spanish that’s different from what’s spoken in your barrio, but you will be entertained. And excited.

The Invisible Guardian takes place in the northern, Basque region, which is gloomy and spooky unlike the sun-blasted landscapes used in countless spaghetti westerns. Based on the international bestseller by Dolores Redondo, it’s a crime drama with a strong female lead--and it also has a supernatural theme. There’s a duende central the story, reminding us a lot of our folklore hitched its way to las Americas on the Spanish Armada. Film noir in foresty mountains with a magical kind of realism. 

The Invisible Guest (yup, two movies with “invisible” in the title, what are the odds?) is a locked room mystery that comes on like nitro-charged Hitchcock with rapid-fire suspense, and twists that get time trippy (the original title is Contratiempo), right up to one of the most amazing endings ever, that leaves you surprised and thinking back to all the clues they kept showing you, making you think, but of course! I should have known!

The Bar (originally, El Bar) is an apocalyptic thriller that teeters on the jagged edge of science fiction. The title sequence with its close ups of microorganisms and wild jazz is a masterpiece on its own. The rest of the film manages to live up to it. It starts off like Fellini directing an out of control Twilight Zone--seeming like chaos, with everyone talking at once, as it sets up the story. The apocalypse becomes intimate with some feisty characters trapped in a messy, claustrophobic situation.

And not a zombie in sight!

These movies are so good, Hollywood is probably negotiating to remake them in English right now. I still recommend seeing the originals. The corporate entertainment industry will probably lose something in translation.

And we need to stay in touch with the global barrio!

Ernest Hogan is proud to announce that Strange Particle Press is working on a new edition of his novel Smoking Mirror Blues.

Nurturing Nieto

Monday and Tuesday every week, the Nieto comes over about 7:00am, stays until three or four. He's done that for about a month and become my life on those days. I haven't been around an infant for over thirty years.

He's five months old now, but not crawling yet, so maintenance and feeding, diapering and burping him is manageable. And fun. What goes through my head for those hours is complicated.

I wonder. About nearly everything that I do or don't do with him. About how it will affect, guide or mold him. I don't want to make mistakes, but that could only happen if I were perfect.

My goals aren't that complicated. I intend to let him make the decisions, where possible.

Picking him up from anywhere, I extend my hands and tell him, "Venga." Not until he's lifted his head or arched his back do I actually grasp him. One day I expect him to decline my offer. It'll be fun to see him doing that.

I do the same procedure with his bottle and tetera. There in front of his face and even if he's crying, I await his reaching and grabbing them, rather than just sticking them in his mouth. I hope that's the proper thing to do.

Another goal, maintenance, necessary but can be fun.

When he needs changing, out comes the baby-wipe, but it's not just a damp cloth. "Ay viene la toallita blanca," I singsong. "Está bien fria!" I say jokingly, adding, "Oh, no! No me pones eso en mis pompis!" He loves it.

Same procedure goes for pulling moco out of his nose. This time it's, "Ay viene el buscamoco! Dónde está el moco?" This doesn't always result in the green thing coming out, so I let it lie. Don't want him to develop an aversion to keeping his nose clean, figuratively or otherwise.

TV's limited. Just some cartoon in Spanish. Otherwise, he'd just stare at the screen, understanding nothing, doing nothing, developing nada.

A new book every day. read twice in Spanish is an experience. We lie on our backs with the book held too far for him to grab the pages. He's old enough to follow my pointing finger while I sing the text. He's in awe, of the colors, maybe some of the faces, who knows what else. "Voltéo la página," I say, turning each page. His attentiveness, smile and wide eyes tell me this goes well.

I avoid putting everything in his right hand, though I can't recall at what age Nieto will decide which hand he prefers. His mini-conga-playing is scratchy, loud, done mostly with his right hand, sometimes his left. I can only play the stereo, so I'm no music teacher. But Nieto has fun conga-ing.

He's not ready for it, but we dance. That is, I dance to a song and he lies there, wondering what chingada is going on. I move his hands to mimic mine and expect he'll get the idea fairly soon. Then we'll baila locos.

Speech is trying for me. Having to remember to separate my words and not slur or slide parts of two words into each other. "Mami " and "Papi" seem to impress him, though he hasn't reached the level of deliberately speaking either consonant.

Whenever he goes into one of his loud-yells monologues, I focus on those clearest to me, echoing them to show him the purpose of communication. He'll get it on his own, but maybe my monkey sounds are helping.

We use the legs of the livingroom table, a cube manipulative and his sleeper as jungle gyms. Sideways climbing, pull-ups and stretches are basically wrestling without a partner. Hopefully, he won't become a crazy hands-only, mountain climber.

We've got song-games. Dónde está la pata, la panza, la boca. He's learning to clap this with the soles of his feet, holding onto his ankles sometimes. When we get to, "Aquí está la ____," he knows the tickles are coming. Loves it. Yeah, I know some are animal parts, not people's, but they've got fewer syllables for better singing.

10 Elefantes is a good one. The song played out with a stuffed elephant we just got. Elephants are sentient--not meant for zoos and circuses, so I need to figure out how to convey that to him.

After weeks of teething-hell, Nieto surprised me last Tuesday. He's developed to the point of reaching his arms out to tell me he wants to be picked up, like for comforting. Pinche! Of course he needs comforting to not grow up lacking that loving. Then again, I can't become a helicoptering Abuelo who contributes to Nieto turning into a spoiled brat. A tightrope to walk. Guess I'd better learn where the line is drawn.

He'll crawl soon, just not certain how soon. Then the world opens wider for him. Will have to baby-proof the front of the house, leaving as much as possible for him to mess with so he can learn how or why to treat it just so. I'm leaving the plants, unless they're poisonous. It'll be fun teaching him to treat them like he will the cat and the dog. Gently, with care.

Pinche gato is doing its own lessons. Nieto kept grabbing its hair until Gato finally whipped a few lashings at Nieto's hand. Whoa! Nieto's expression was total "I don't believe this! Something's off-limits?" He has cats at his home, though they're probably not as mean as ours.

There's no pic of Nieto here. He hasn't asked for selfies, either. Anyway, how cute or not, how pretty or not, he is, no importa. Besides, at his age, pics don't convey intelligence, development or potential. Or how much he's learned to care for others. I'm only a minor part of his rearing, but I have to do well on that last element.

Eight or nine hours of calculated nurturing and fun make for one exhausted Abuelo. After two days, I need extra naps. We'll be together for some time, maybe for years, so I need to toughen up. Nurture when I think I need to. Guide wherever it seems appropriate. Encourage everything artistic in him and his exploring, experimenting [banana is good, Gato, not so much] and fine-motors skills. Un montón for me to learn.

Es todo, hoy,

RudyG, a.k.a. el Abuelo-in-training

LéaLA- Feria del Libro en Español de Los Angeles

As part of its ongoing commitment to extend its culture and arts programs for the Latino community in Los Angeles, California, the University of Guadalajara is set to once again hold one of the most ambitious events ever host to promote Spanish: LéaLA, the largest Spanish-language book fair in the U.S. 

This three-day event seeks to encourage reading and promote Spanish-language books together with the recognition of the Latino population, their culture and customs. LéaLA is an initiative backed by the University of Guadalajara Los Angeles and by the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL).



At LéaLA you’ll be able to find book presentations and signings, lectures on popular culture and the historic roots of Latin American countries, meetings between Latin American writers and authors from other parts of the world, forums on the challenges associated with selling and distributing Spanish-language books in the U.S. participation by Latino celebrities in a range of literary and cultural activities, including readings of children’s books, as well as an Education Pavilion designed to promote secondary and higher education.

 

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Ven a mi presentación

Contando Cuentos y Uniendo Culturas

Autores: René Colato Laínez y James Luna

Fecha: Sábado 18 de mayo

Lugar y hora: Salón Rómulo Gállegos- 10:00 a.m.

More on Forbidden Language

Earlier this week Dan Olivas did a post about a discussion and book signing at UCLA. While we as yet have no posting on the event, I'm in the process of getting a copy of the book to review for La Bloga. In the meantime here's more info below from the publisher, Teachers College Press at Columbia University.

What does this have to do with a Chicano literary site? Demasiado.

I live and teach in Denver where only a federal court order prevents the city's Spanish-speaking children from being forced into the Forbidden Language ranks. In recent state elections, English-only referendums have repeatedly raise their ugly heads, though to-date they've luckily been chopped off at the jugular.

Denying all our children the language of Neruda and Marquez is not seen by politicians and others as part of the reason the U.S. trails much of the world in literacy, math, science, etc. Perhaps this book will shed some intelligent light for them to improve their vision.

While I don't know what conclusions the authors reached, they've analyzed practices in three states where English-only proponents unfortunately succeeded in changing state educational policy--California, Arizona and Massachusetts. Should be an interesting read.

Forbidden Language, English Learners and Restrictive Language Policies
Patricia Gandara and Megan Hopkins, Editors
Multicultural Education Series
Pub.: January 2010, 272 pages
Paperback: $32.95, ISBN: 080775045X Cloth: $70.00, ISBN: 0807750468

Pulling together the most up-to-date research on the effects of restrictive language policies, this timely volume focuses on what we know about the actual outcomes for students and teachers in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts—states where these policies have been adopted. Prominent legal experts in bilingual education analyze these policies and specifically consider whether the new data undermine their legal viability. Other prominent contributors examine alternative policies and how these have fared. Finally, Patricia Gándara, Daniel Losen, and Gary Orfield suggest how better policies, that rely on empirical research, might be constructed.

This timely volume:
* Features contributions from well-known educators and scholars in bilingual education.
* Includes an overview of English learners in the United States and a brief history of the policies that have guided their instruction.
* Analyzes the current research on teaching English learners in order to determine the most effective instructional strategies.

“At a time when nativism and ugly anti-immigrant discourse is played out daily on talk radio and cable television, I took hope in reading these chapters, especially when it is clear that learning English is such a priority for these children and their parents. While I doubt that restrictionists will heed its findings, policymakers and educators should read this book carefully.” — Michael A. Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law, University of Houston

“This volume offers a sobering view of the consequences of making educational policy by referendum, and of the ways in which we have failed English language learners in U.S. schools.” — Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Patricia Gándara is a professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles and the co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles. Megan Hopkins is a former bilingual teacher and a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Contributors include Diane August, Alfredo J. Artiles, Kenji Hakuta, Janette K. Klingner, Daniel Losen, Gary Orfield, and Robert Rueda.

La Bloga would welcome reports from attendees of the UCLA event.

Es todo, hoy,
RudyG

Spanish Biographical Dictionary to be fully available online in 2010

From: ARS News

Spain’s Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History) will publish before the end of the year six volumes of the Spanish Biographical Dictionary, and within two years the remaining 44 volumes of the monumental work will be placed online so that the entire collection will be on the Internet probably in 2010.

“As soon as we have several volumes published, we will immediately ‘post’ the entire book on the Web. In this way, it will acquire a worldwide dimension,” said Academy director Gonzalo Anes, who added that the institution is publishing the Dictionary thanks to the sponsorship of the Marcelino Botín Foundation.

Anes also emphasized the Academy’s project to translate the Dictionary into English so that it can also be accessed online in that language. “Then, worldwide distribution will certainly be assured,” he said.

The Dictionary was a project that the Academy nurtured from its founding in 1735, but its complexity and the difficulty of communications delayed it for centuries.

The 50 volumes of the Dictionary, each of which consists of about 800 pages, and the more than 40,000 biographies it contains of personalities from all epochs of Spanish history “place Spain at the level of the most important countries of the world,” the director said.

The more than 40,000 biographies were made possible thanks to “the important collaboration” of 5,500 experts, among them a good number of Hispanic American historians and “Hispanicists from all over the world,” Anes added.

For the past six months, the Academy has posted on its Web page (www.rah.es) a preview of what the online Biographical Dictionary will be like.

Books in English and Spanish for Halloween or Día de las brujas

René Colato Laínez

It is time to look in the closet for some clothes and scissors. Taran! You can make a great outfit. But if there is no time for mending, you can go to any store and buy your disfraz.

Meanwhile, this is my list of books for October.


Los gatos black on Halloween by Marisa Montes. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales.

Easy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.




Celebra el Halloween y el Dia de Muertos con Cristina y su conejito azul por F. Isabel Campoy y Alma Flor Ada. Ilustrado por Ivanova Martinez.

Even though Cristina has lost her blue bunny, she can still enjoy Halloween and the Day of the Dead by thinking about her favorite toy. Includes facts about Halloween and the Day of the Dead.




The witch's face : a Mexican tale by Eric A. Kimmel. Illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck.

Don Aurelio falls in love with a witch who has a beautiful face but fails to heed her special instructions.




La mujer chiquitita contado por Jill Bennett. Ilustrado por Tomie dePaola.

Retells the tale of the teeny-tiny woman who finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before she goes to sleep.






Hallo-What? by Christel Desmoinaux

A young witch wonders why everyone is so busy with pumpkins until her grandmother tells her about Halloween and some of the traditions associated with it.






La viejecita que no le tenía miedo a nada por Linda Williams. Ilustrado por Megan Lloyd. Traducido por Yolanda Noda.

A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.




Where the Wild Things Are written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.





Jugando con fantasmas : el libro de los cuentos de miedo por W. Kienitz y Bettina Grabis. Ilustraciones de Silke Voigt. Traducción de J. A. Bravo.

Ghost stories, games, activities, recipes and crafts for having fun with ghosts, goblins, witches and other spooky and macabre events.