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Tejas Star Book Award
 
The Tejas Star Book Award was created by the Region One ESC Library Advisory Committee to promote reading in general and for readers to discover the cognitive and economic benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism. All the children of Texas will have the opportunity to select their favorite book from the Tejas Star list during the month of February 2010.

The Tejas Star Book Award Committee selected the following books for the 2009-2010 Tejas Star Book Award.
 

Alire Sáenz, Benjamin. (2008). A Perfect Season for Dreaming/Un tiempo perfecto para soñar. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos. Esau Andrade Valencia (illus.). Lluis Humberto Crosthwaite (trans.). ISBN: 978-1-933693-01-9. Gr. 1-5.

Anaya, Rudolfo. (2007). The First Tortilla: A Bilingual Story. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Amy Córdova (illus.). Enrique R. Lamadrid (trans.) ISBN: 978-0-8263-4214-0. Gr. 3+.

Brown, Monica. (2007). My Name is Gabito/Me llamo Gabito. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising. Raúl Colón (illus.). ISBN: 978-0-87358-908-6. Gr. K-3.

Costales, Amy. (2007). Abuelita Full of Life/Abuelita llena de vida. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising. Martha Avilés (illus.) ISBN: 978-0-87358-914-7. Gr. K-2.

Garza, Xavier. (2008). Charro Claus and the Tejas Kid. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos. ISBN: 978-1-933693-24-8. Gr. 2-5.

Gonzalez Bertrand, Diane. (2007). We Are Cousins/Somos primos. Houston: Piñata Books. Christina E. Rodriguez (illus.). ISBN: 978-1-55885-486-4. Gr. K-3.

González, Lucía. (2007). The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. Lulu Delacre (illus.). ISBN: 978-0-89239-222-3. Gr. 3-6.
Congratulations to the 2008 - 2009 Tejas Star Book Award Winner:
Lucha Libre, The Man in the Silver Mask: a bilingual cuento by Xavier Garza

 
 
 
Tejas Star Book Award Electronic Voting - Hosted by Irving ISD

http://www.irvingisd.net/tejas/
 
 
 

 
The criteria for qualifying books are as follows:
  • The book must be authentic in portraying the Hispanic/Latino culture.
  • The book must have been published originally in Spanish or in full Spanish/English bilingual format (not English with a few Spanish words).
  • The content of the book must be appropriate for children in grades K-6.
  • The book must be of high literary quality.
  • The book must have received a positive review in one of the major reviewing sources or by the Tejas Star committee.
  • If the book is published outside the U.S., the book must be of interest to children in Texas schools.
  • Textbooks and translations of books originally published in English or a language other than Spanish are not eligible.
  • The book must have a publication date between 2005 and 2009.
If you would like to recommend a book for the award, please send details to María Elena Ovalle at movalle@esc1.net.
 
Publishers: Please mail copies of recommended books for review by commitee members to:
Attention: María Elena Ovalle
Region One ESC
1900 West Schunior
Edinburg, TX 78541
(956) 984-6055
 
 
 
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