August/September 2009
Web Resources
Meet Francisco Jiménez
Francisco Jiménez emigrated with his family from Mexico to California and as a child worked alongside his parents in the fields of California. He received his BA from Santa Clara University and an MA and Ph.D. in Latin American literature from Columbia University. Jiménez’s auto- biographical books The Circuit (Cajas de cartón, Spanish edition), Breaking Through (Senderos fronterizos, Spanish edition), La Mariposa, The Christmas Gift/El regalo de Navidad and Reaching Out (Más allá de mí, Spanish edition) have won national literary awards, including the Américas Book Award, the Pura Belpré Honor Book Award, the Tomás Rivera Book Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Carter C. Woodson Book Award. His books have been published in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian and Spanish, and his stories have been reprinted in over 100 textbooks and anthologies of literature.
He was selected the 2002 U.S. Professor of the Year by CASE and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is currently the Fay Boyle Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Santa Clara University.
Additional Resources
- Keep ’em Reading: Library Advisory Committees
Mrs. Skorupski tackles your questions about forming a Library Advisory Committee. - ‘Tis the Season!
The Librarian’s Night Before School Starts - Freebies, Doodads, & Helpful Hints
“Oh Nonfiction” diagramming the 300s lesson, bulletin board patterns, library media center word find, and more. - Curriculum Connections: Hispanic Heritage Month
Reproducible activities and Web scavenger hunt. - Author Extensions: Alma Flor Ada
Daniel’s Mystery Egg “Excellent Egg-stensions” patterns and reproducible sentence strips. - Library Lessons: Harvesting Hope
Extended lesson and reproducible activities. - In the Spotlight: A River of Words
Extended lesson: further exploration of poets and artists - Storytime: Back to School
Annotated bibliography and resource list, magic bag pattern, and more!