Alma Flor Ada
Author of Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English
About the Author
Alma Flor Ada was born in 1938 in Cuba. She has authored several children's folktales including "Encaje de Piedra" which earned her the Marta Salotti Gold Medal, "The Gold Coin" which won the Christopher Award, and "Gathering the Sun" which received the Once Upon a World Award. "The Lizard and the show more Sun/La Lagartija y el Sol" won her a Gold Medal from the National Association of Parenting Publications, and she was awarded an Accolade from the American Folklore Association for "Mediopollito/Half-Chicken". Her title "Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba" won the Pura Belpre Award. In addition to writing, she is a professor at the University of San Francisco. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Alma Flor Ada
Todo es cancion: Antologia poetica (Everything is a Song: Poetry Anthology) (Spanish Edition) (2010) 46 copies
Merry Navidad!: Christmas Carols in Spanish and English/Villancicos en espanol e ingles (2007) 29 copies
Teatrín de Don Crispín / Roll 'n' Role ( Puertas al Sol / Gateways to the Sun ) Spanish Edition (2001) 25 copies
Una Semilla de Luz - Derecho a la Igualdad - 1 (Derechos Del Nino) (Spanish Edition) (2000) 8 copies
Arenas Y Trinos/ Sand and Song: Abecedario Del Río/ the Abcs of the River (English and Spanish Edition) (1920) 5 copies
Crayones/ Crayons: Journal-b (Puertas Al Sol/ Gateways to the Sun) (Spanish Edition) (2000) 5 copies
Acuarela Journal-C: Diario del artista/ Watercolor Painter (Puertas Al Sol / Gateways to the Sun) (Spanish Edition) (2000) 4 copies
Querido Pedrín 3 copies
Raton Perez 2 copies
Cucarachita Martina 2 copies
Libros para contar (Audio)(Serie Cuentos para todo el ano) (Libros Para Contar / Stories for the Telling) (Spanish… (2008) 2 copies
The Corn Seed 2 copies
El Panuelo De Seda / The Silk Handkerchief (Cuentos Con Alma / Stories with Alma) (Spanish Edition) (1993) 2 copies
Abeceloco 1 copy
Un día de picnic 1 copy
Los Zorros 1 copy
No fui yo... 1 copy
The Rooster 1 copy
Tipi tipi ton 1 copy
Cuenta cuentos 1 copy
Hagamos Tecolote 1 copy
Comprehensive Language Arts 1 copy
Cuentos para todo el ano (AUDIO)(3CDs)(Serie Cuentos para todo el ano) (Cuentos Para Todo el Ano / Stories The Year… (2008) 1 copy
Stories for the Telling (AUDIO)(Serie Stories for the Telling) (Libros Para Contar / Stories for the Telling) (2008) 1 copy
Extra! Extra! Noticias del Bosque Escondido (Spanish) [ Extra! Extra! Noticias del Bosque Escondido (Spanish) by Ada,… (2007) 1 copy
Una casa de grandes arcos. Dos familias luminosas: La Quinta Simoni. Segunda Edición (Volume 11) (Spanish… (2017) 1 copy
¡Vamos de fiesta! 1 copy
Pedro Salinas: El diálogo creador (2a Edición): Prólogo de Jorge Guillén (Spanish Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Dolores Salvador: Maestra de maestras.: Segunda edición (Quinta Simoni) (Volume 10) (Spanish Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Minuto eterno.: Poemas, canciones y una fabula poetica. Segunda edicion. (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Gorrión,gorrión 1 copy
Associated Works
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move (1995) — Translator, some editions — 2,411 copies
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- Canonical name
- Ada, Alma Flor
- Birthdate
- 1938-01-03
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Cuba (birth)
USA - Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Camaguey, Cuba
- Places of residence
- San Mateo, California, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Lima, Peru
Massachusetts, USA (show all 11)
Madrid, Spain
Salamanca, Spain
Miami, Florida, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA
Camaguey, Cuba - Education
- Universidad Camplutense Madrid (Deplima de Estudios Hispanicos)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PhD)
Harvard University - Occupations
- Professor
Children's Author - Organizations
- University of San Francisco
- Short biography
- Alma Flor Ada is an award-winning Cuban-American author of children's books, poetry, and novels. A Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, she is recognized for her work promoting bilingual and multicultural education in the United States.
Born in 1938 in Camagüey, Cuba, she grew up in a family of storytellers, poets, and educators, hearing traditional tales retold by her grandmother, father, and uncle. At the age of fifteen, she traded a quinceañera party for summer school in the United States, thus beginning her life as a bilingual person. After completing high school in Cuba, she earned a scholarship to attend Loretto Heights College. After a year at Barry College in Miami, she earned a Diploma de Estudios Hispanos with an Excellency Award at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She completed her Ph.D at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholars Exchange Grant and appointed a Radcliffe Institute scholar at Harvard University and prepared her dissertation for publication, Pedro Salinas: El diálogo creador.
In 1970, she and her four children relocated permanently to the United States. She currently resides in Marin County, California, and has nine grandchildren.
(source: Wikipedia)
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