A great book that gives the perspective of migrant farm families. ( )

This piece by Arthur Dorros is a bilingual book that sheds light on the traveling, migrant farm working families; specifically a young boy named Diego. This book is important because there are many families here in the U.S that can relate to Diego's family and could possibly see themselves within this book. It can be used to emphasize socioeconomic issues, cultural backgrounds and the power of translated text. ( )

This is not a kind of book that you see very frequently! I mean this is design and plot. I have noticed that because the interaction between caucasians and african americans has existed for longer, there seem to be an adequate selection of books about the african american experience (although clearly not as well represented as the caucasian american experience) where as the latino experience in america is newer and less developed and explored. Latinos coming into America also have a language gap allowing literature in their native language to be more appealing. This book contains both english and spanish and the two different languages are set above and below each other making the process of learning one or the other language much easier. The element that I really appreciated ( )

This book is about a young Spanish boy, Diego, and his radio. Diego's family are migrant farmers, so they travel from place to place all the time. Diego is sad every time he has to leave his new friends and comfort zone. Diego uses his radio to learn about the new place his family is moving to and as a way to keep in touch with old friends. This book offers the story in not only English, but in Spanish on the opposite page. This book would be good for lower elementary students if talking about migration or showing them the connections between cognates of English and Spanish words. ( )

Radio Man does a beautiful job of describing what kids with mobile families are going through, and it is a wonderful way to bring this (often) silenced story to the classroom. ( )