Halloween is over, but we still have an awesome treat for you. Or maybe it’s a trick to get your kids reading more. Regardless, Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies! is both unique and inspiring on so many levels. This story about a zombie boy named, Mo, takes us inside the home of his whimsical family. However, …
Our Inaugural Edition Welcome to the inaugural edition of Latinx Kid-Lit. Corner. I’m Steve Moises, Latinx illustrator and Children’s Books Features Editor at Latino Stories. As I like to say in my surfer voice, I’m “super psyched” to guide you on a journey to explore some fun and inspiring Latinx children’s books. My mission is …
Literary translators have to be well-versed in more than one language–and they must have a strong sense of the nuances of how language is used as an artistic medium. Susanna Velarde Covarrubias is a poet, playwright, translator, percussionist, and performer. Daughter of Mexican immigrants, she’s drawn to the borderlands, be they geographic, linguistic, cultural, or the …
Told from the imaginative perspective of a young boy, these poems recount a young boy’s life in this collection of narrative poems that uses iconic Latin American and Latino films as a guiding motif. In each poem, famous movie and TV scenes featuring icons likes Pedro Infante and Cantinflas and modern stars such as Elizabeth …
My Childrens, by Adela Najarro, is a poetry chapbook that includes teaching resources. The book is in collaboration with the Puente Project and is aimed at high school and college classrooms. Each poem in the collection is accompanied by a nonfiction comment, a writing prompt, comprehension questions, and “Look It Up!” suggestions. Unsolicited Press has a special …
