Want to visit Puerto Rico during Earth Day but can’t actually visit the island? Here are 5 Puerto Rican places you can visit through books. This year for Earth Day, I’m celebrating by exploring five of Puerto Rico’s most beautiful natural places.Read More →
Finding the perfect balance between language accessibility and cultural richness can be challenging when teaching Spanish to beginners. Too often, Spanish-language learners encounter books that are difficult to read and understand, leaving them disconnected from the beautiful stories and traditions of Hispanic culture.Read More →
This Dominican children’s book list was created in response to a special request from a student’s parent. I teach Spanish to third-generation students—children of second-generation families where one parent speaks Spanish but, for various reasons, either stopped speaking it to them or never did. Many of my students have heritageRead More →
Taking a stroll through the library, I came across the book: Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery by Jeanette Winter. (Aff. link) What caught my attention was that the book was a two in one. Two stories in one book, youRead More →