Madrid-based library ebook and digital distribution platform Odilo is expanding globally with a catalog offering 300k titles in Spanish, English and more.
Madrid-based library ebook and digital distribution platform Odilo is expanding globally with a catalog offering 300k titles in Spanish, English and more.
Allende’s magical and sweeping tale focuses on two survivors of separation and loss: the elderly, renowned designer Alma Belasco, whose silk-screened creations fuel the family foundation, and her young secretary, mysterious Irina Bazili, who works at the progressive old people’s home, Lark House, where Alma lives.
Noemi Bonilla grew up in Spain, but has always loved American culture.
The event will celebrate its 32nd edition and will have the presence of distinguished writers such as Laura Restrepo, Pablo de Santis, and others.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 32 of 2015 (week ending 8/9/2015).
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS), present the free weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 31 of 2015 (week ending 8/2/2015).
America’s ToothFairy: National Children’s Oral Health Foundation announced the launch of El Club de los Niños—the Spanish-language version of its America’s ToothFairy Kids Club. El Club de los Niños is an online program that provides monthly personalized letters from the ToothFairy as well as tips, activities, recipes, songs, and more for teaching and reinforcing positive oral health behaviors for children ages 3-12 and their caregivers.
In an effort to see higher student achievement, West Chicago Elementary School District 33 is shifting from a transitional bilingual education program to a dual language education program.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of six recipients of a Digital Humanities Implementation Grant award from the NEH. The grant of $215,000 will fund “Reading the First Books: Multilingual, Early-Modern OCR for Primeros Libros,” a project to extend the capabilities of current open-source OCR technology for use in the transcription of 16th-century texts. LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections will administer the grant as part of its new Digital Scholarship program.
Bilingual volunteer Carolina Robles, 16, high fives Latino student Jenifer Ledezma, 8, after she successfully completed a multiplication problem. Robles has been helping coach and tutor students in a Clover Park School District summer school program in Elizabeth Colleran's class at Oakwood Elementary School in Lakewood.
