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Article Topic
I would like to improve Latino Children's Literature. There is very little details and I would like to contribute and expand on this article.

I'll expand on the earliest forms of Latino Children Literature:

History of this literature- How did it become popular? Why did it become popular?

Popular works that fall under this category

Popular authors

Common themes that are found by scholarly sources and articles

Visual representations, maybe said through the author.

Cultural influence

Article Analysis
The topic is relevant because Latino Literature has been around for a long time.

Articles are written neutrally by expressing how latino literature is not found in school, percents and data based. The articles also give a perspective of positive change by those who do read it also statistics say that students find it more relatable.

Articles are well cited and have a non-biased opinion on it.

Will have scholarly and academic articles to the topic with listed contributions to it.

Maybe get quotes from interviews directly from the author themselves when I discuss certain works,

Scholarly References
Latino Children's Literature definition and history of when and how it became popular

FURUMOTO, ROSA. “CHAPTER FOUR: Future Teachers and Families Explore Humanization Through Chicana/o/Latina/o Children's Literature.” Counterpoints, vol. 321, 2008, pp. 79–95. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42979960.

Children's literature lacking.

History of LCL

Wagoner, Shirley A. “Mexican-Americans in Children's Literature since 1970.” The Reading Teacher, vol. 36, no. 3, 1982, pp. 274–279. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20198206.

Alma Flor Ada

Manna, Anthony L., et al. “PROFILE: Alma Flor Ada and the Quest for Change.” Language Arts, vol. 82, no. 1, 2004, pp. 76–79. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41484208.

themes of LCL

Smolen, Lynn Atkinson, and Victoria Ortiz-Castro. “Dissolving Borders and Broadening Perspectives through Latino Traditional Literature.” The Reading Teacher, vol. 53, no. 7, 2000, pp. 566–578. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20204842.

Themes

Comments
A good start. Rather than using the page to make an argument about Latino Children's Lit - - think of it as a place to define Latino Children's Lit, collect authors/works, propose a history, perhaps describe some of its themes. Keep searching for sources. Profhanley (talk)

= Draft = The term "Latino children's literature" encompasses materials about the cultural experience of Latinos and Chicanos in the United States. This includes people born in Puerto Rico or the United States, or emigrated from such countries as Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, or Cuba, with the term encompassing their contributions to the field of writing for children in the United States.

History
Latino Children's Literature became popular in the !960's to early 1970's during the Chicano movement that embodied social issues, peace, and education. A common theme among latino children's literature is the underlining of latino history. Myths and legends are also a popular topic among the list.

Myths and Legends
Among the popular topics that appear in Latino Children Literature, some legends that get featured are of

Themes
Some key theme that are presented in Latino Children's literature is the discovery of identity. Many of the books contain powerful messages of ancestry and roots. also the American experience

Influential Authors
Cuban native, Alma Flor Ada, is a huge writer for the genre as she encompasses the Latino lifestyle that was translated through her books of topics such as immigration and the working class that was heavily influenced by her parents. Her works included Gathering the Sun (1997) and Yours Truly Goldilocks (1998),

Works[edit]
Notable books include:


 * Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado (1993) by Gloria E. Anzaldúa and Consuelo Méndez Castillo (illus.) - a girl living on the US-Mexican border assists a Mexican boy.

References[edit]

 * 1) Jump up ^ Graciela Italiano. "Reading Latin America: Issues in the Evaluation of Latino Children's Books in Spanish and English" (PDF). www.illinois.edu. Graciela Italiano. Retrieved 2 April 2015.