My Very Own Room / Mi propio cuartito. Story by Amada Irma Pérez and illustrations by Maya Christina Gonzalez.
Books about Immigrant Life from Children's Book Press: Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas. Story by Juan Felipe Herrera and illustrations by Elly Simmons.
Family Pictures / Cuadros de familia. Words and pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza.
Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado. Story by Gloria Anzaldúa and illustrations by Consuelo Mendez.
In My Family / En mi familia. Words and pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza.
A Movie in My Pillow / Una película en mi almohada. Poems by Jorge Argueta and illustrations by Elizabeth Gómez.
The Upside Down Boy / El niño de cabeza. Story by Juan Felipe Herrera and illustrations by Elizabeth Gómez.
Books About Life in Mexico from Children's Book Press
From the Bellybutton of the Moon / Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano. Poems by Francisco X. Alarcón and illustrations by Maya Christina Gonzalez.
Where Fireflies Dance/ Ahí, donde bailan las luciérnagas. Story by Lucha Corpi and illustrations by Mira Reisberg.
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/: For information on Mexico, try the Mexico for Kids site. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to choose a language for the site, which is full of information about the country's history, government, and ecology.
The Yahooligans website includes a wide range of informational sites for kids about Monarch butterflies and their life cycles. Look in the "butterflies and moths" section of the "science and nature" category.
http://www.smm.org/sln/monarchs/top.html The Monarchs and Migration page includes information about the butterflies from many perspectives, activities for students, and a recommended links page for more information.
Nancy Lucero is a teacher at Fairmount Elementary School in San Francisco. She has been developing thematic units for Fairmount's two-way Spanish immersion program and whole-school literacy instruction for several years. A participant in Children's Book Press workshops for teachers, Nancy shared her expertise in literacy instruction with us as we developed this guide.
Please share your own ideas for how to use My Diary from Here to There / Mi diario de aquí hasta allá in the classroom. We'll be pleased to post your work on the website for other teachers to use. We would also love to see any outstanding examples of student work resulting from these activities. Email us your lesson plans or student work samples at educators@childrensbookpress.org.
