Yuyi Morales, illustrator of “Niño Wrestles the World,” and Meg Medina, author of “Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass,” are the 2014 winners of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award and Author Award, honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, a professor of history at Notre Dame is clear about the purpose of his book — “to show that there are other U.S. histories than the standard Anglo narrative: in particular, a Spanish history, rolling from south to north and intersecting with the story of the Anglo frontier.”
Nottingham Forest has appointed Planeta Junior imprint, also known as Planeta Editorial, as the Spanish publishing partner for Sendokai Champions. As part of the agreement, Planeta Group will launch various narrative and activity books in Spain from May 2014 and throughout this year.
Sixteen years after California voters approved an initiative requiring public school instruction in English, state Sen. Ricardo Lara introduced a measure last week to repeal the requirement of Proposition 227. His proposal would place an initiative on the ballot that would give parents a choice to have their children receive bilingual education.
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 7 of 2014 (week ending 2/16/2014).
As test results continue to show student achievement, North Carolina's top educator has given a thumbs-up to a program that will make its debut in Edgecombe County for the 2014-15 school year.
“Cátedra Elena Poniatowska” will seek the literary and humanist debate and the promotion of the current literature. It was created through a cooperation agreement signed between Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) and Fundación Elena Poniatowska.
Publishing Perspectives talked to David Fernández Payatos, CEO of Nubico, the Spanish ebook subscription service that is looking to acquire 30% of Spain’s e-reading market. It was launched last September and builds on the previous publishing and technology projects of two of Spain’s crown jewels in business history: Círculo de Lectores and Telefónica.
Since Proposition 227 overwhelmingly passed in June 1998, essentially banning bilingual education in state schools, it's been all about learning English, first and foremost - but not in San Francisco. Nearly 30 percent of the city's English learners are in bilingual education programs, compared with five percent on average statewide, according to the most recent data available.
The Spanish Royal Academy is celebrating its 300 years. As part of the occasion, the entity is publishing a special collection with classics by Baroja, Pérez Galdós, Delibes and Ayala.
