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Tejas Star Book Award
 
Congratulations to the 2008 Tejas Star Book Award Winner:
Juan and the Chupacabras/Juan y el Chupacabras by Xavier Garza
 
 
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 have the opportunity to select their favorite book from the Tejas Star list during the 2008-2009 school year.

The Tejas Star Book Award Committee selected the following books for the 2008-2009 Tejas Star Book Award.

 

Andricaín, Sergio (Comp). (2008). Arco Iris de Poesía: Poemas de las Américas y España. New York: Lectorum [Scholastic]. Olga Cuellar (Illus.) ISBN: 1930332599

 

Argueta, Jorge. (2006). La fiesta de las tortillas/The Fiesta of the Tortillas. Miami: Alfaguara [Santillana]. María Jesús Álvarez (Illus.) ISBN: 1598200941

 

Brown, Mónica. (2007). Butterflies on Carmen Street/Mariposas en la calle Carmen. Houston: Piñata Books [Arte Público]. April Ward (Illus.) ISBN: 9781558854840

 

Colato Laínez, René. (2005). I am René, the Boy/Soy René, el Niño. Houston: Piñata Books [Arte Público]. Fabiola Graullera Ramírez (Illus). ISBN: 1558853782

 

Cuenca, Héctor. (2008). La cucarachita Martina. New York: Lectorum [Scholastic]. ISBN: 1933032367

 

Garza, Xavier. (2005). Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask: A Bilingual Cuento. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos. ISBN: 093831792X (Hardback)

 

Lázaro, Georgina. (2007). Juana Inés. Cuando los grandes eran pequeños. New York: Lectorum [Scholastic]. Bruno González Preza (Illus.) ISBN: 1930332572

 

Pérez, Amada Irma. (2007). Nana’s Big Surprise/Nana, ¡Qué Sorpresa! San Francisco, Calfornia: Children’s Book Press. Maya Christina González (Illus.) ISBN 0892391901

 

Romeu, Emma. (2007). El rey de las octavas. New York: Lectorum [Scholastic]. Enrique S. Moreiro (Illus.) ISBN: 193303226X

 

Ruiz-Flores, Lupe. (2007). The Woodcutter’s Gift/El regalo del leñador. Houston: Piñata Books [Arte Público]. Elaine Jerome (Illus.) ISBN: 9781558854895

 

Tafolla, Carmen and Sharyll Teneyuca. (2008). That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice/¡No es Justo! La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia. San Antonio, Texas: Wings Press. Terry Ybañez (Illus.) ISBN: 9780916727338

 

Zepeda, Gwendolyn. (2008). Growing up with Tamales/Los Tamales de Ana. Houston: Piñata Books [Arte Público]. April Ward (Illus.) ISBN: 9781558854932

 
Tejas Star Animoto Video

 
 
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 2004 and 2008.
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
 
 
 
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