Dreaming Fish

Alma Flor Ada is always wonderful, and this is enjoyable for all, but:

Especially for ESL classrooms that have primarily students whose first language is New World Spanish. To be paired with an almost identical book that is in Spanish. A large paperback with a stiff cover, suitable for reading like a Big Book with a small class or group.

Bright cheerful colors, short rhythmic focused verses relevant to young immigrants' happiest and most hopeful experiences. The verses didn't seem especially graceful to me - it may be the fault of the translation; I'll try to remember to check the companion book when I go back to the local college library from which I got this.

The most poetic, imo, is:

_*Puerto Rico*_

Borniquen
Isabel Freire do show more Matos

Borinquen is a small island
spiraling like a snail.

On the outside, a flower;
deep inside, a song sets sail. show less

Latin American Folktales are different myths and stories of Latin American cultures and traditions. There are myths and stories of creatures and fantasy worlds that have been told to different generations of people. This is a great folktale story book for children to learn about the different cultural myths and legends that people believed in or heard of before modern life evolved.