It pays to read to the end of the Poetry Friday roundup.
The last link this week (at least as of this writing) is to PaperTigers Blog. Great review of a new-to-me book of poetry by Francisco X. Alarcón: Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems.
And then I am blown out of the water by a link to The International Children's Digital Library.
How did I not know about this site?
You can read books in Swahili there. Or in Farsi. Or Hindi. Or Spanish. Or Arabic. Oh, yeah, and in English, too.
Spread the news -- this is an AMAZING site!
The site looks terrific, Mary Lee. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and Linda:
ReplyDelete1) How did I not know about this site? (especially given that I teach at a bilingual school and we are always hunting for Spanish resources.
2) What a terrific resource. I'm emailing my teachers about this right away.
Francisco X. Alarcon is actually an author we use a lot in Colorado. IGUANAS IN THE SNOW is one of four- one for each season. There's LAUGHING TOMATOES, BELLYBUTTON TO THE MOON, and I can't remember the fourth one right now. He also has several other terrific bilingual (English/Spanish) poetry books, the newest one is about animals, I think.
Always learning!
ReplyDeleteTeacher and kid lit blogs are a true treasure trove!
ReplyDeleteMe too always learning new information-love our virtual community.
ReplyDeleteGreat find and share. It is so exciting to know that there is still so much out there to discover.
ReplyDeleteThank you for passing along such a valuable resource!
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