Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Cubans immigrated to the southern tip of Florida. Now, the city has to teach a new generation how to thrive in a bilingual economy.
Fifty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Cubans immigrated to the southern tip of Florida. Now, the city has to teach a new generation how to thrive in a bilingual economy.
Nominations now open for 2016 Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement (LAA) Award
LOTY Nominations Now Open for 2016 Dr. Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year Award
Seven years ago, a lover of books built the first Little Free Library in the front yard of his Hudson, Wisconsin, home in honor of his mother, a passionate reader and former teacher.
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Students east of the Anacostia River will be able to enroll in a dual-language school in their neighborhood for the first time, as Houston Elementary, a low-performing school in Ward 7, will become a Spanish-language-immersion school starting next school year.
BEING bilingual has some obvious advantages. Learning more than one language enables new conversations and new experiences. But in recent years, psychology researchers have demonstrated some less obvious advantages of bilingualism, too.
“La Casa (The House, Astiberri) by Paco Roca (Valencia, 1969), has been chosen as the best National Comic for 2015, an award that has been given for the past four years by specialized bookshops at Zona Cómic organized by the Confederación Española de Gremios y Asociaciones de Libreros (CEGAL). The award will be presented in Valladolid on 16 March.
Maria Onate had not read a book until her son started high school.Her illiterate parents ended her schooling when she was 15, informing her that she had to get ready for marriage and work to help support the family in their rancho in Puebla, Mexico.
Named as ‘an act of justice’ for the predominance of women among readers, La Lectora Futura is a web-based project designed to bring together fans of literature from Spain, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina.
