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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466547903321

Autore

Aldama Frederick Luis <1969->

Titolo

Latino/a Children's and Young Adult Writers on the Art of Storytelling / / Frederick Luis Aldama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pa., : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]

ISBN

0-8229-8295-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 268 pages )

Collana

Latino and Latin American profiles

Disciplina

810.9/868073

Soggetti

American literature - Hispanic American authors

Young adult literature, American

Children's literature, American

Hispanic American authors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-25) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword : Magical encounters with Latino children's literature / Jamie Campbell Naidoo -- Preface : Our stories matter and we matter / Norma Elia Cantú -- Introduction : The heart and art of Latino/a young people's fiction / Frederick Luis Aldama -- The authors and artists -- Jorge Aguirre -- Malín Alegria -- Monica Brown -- Joe Cepeda -- Rene Colato Laínez -- Lulu Delacre -- Matt de la Peña -- Christina Diaz Gonzalez -- Angela Dominguez -- Margarita Engle -- Xavier Garza -- Diane Gonzales Bertrand -- Maya Christina Gonzalez -- Raúl Gonzalez III -- Manuel Luis Martinez -- Meg Medina -- Rhode Montijo -- Pat Mora -- Yuyi Morales -- Pam Muñoz Ryan -- Daniel Jose Older -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Ashley Hope Perez -- Lila Quintero Weaver -- Cristy C. Road -- Rafael Rosado -- Benjamin Alire Sáenz -- Alex Sanchez -- Francisco Stork -- Carmen Tafolla -- Samuel Teer -- Duncan Tonatiuh -- Jenny Torres Sanchez -- Afterword : We all need chocolate factories and casitas on Mango Street / Belinda G. Acosta.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is an original collection of more than thirty interviews led by Frederick Luis Aldama with Latino/a authors working in the genre."