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Works for Children
Tafolla adds two exciting new children’s picture books to her publications
this year, the beautiful swirl of color and cultural content aimed at 3-5-year-olds,
What Can you Do with a Rebozo? and the historically significant
That’s Not Fair: Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice.
That’s Not Fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for
Justice /
¡No es Justo!:La Lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la Justicia
(Wings Press, 2008. Illustrated by Terry Ybañez)
This is the first book ever published about the significant Latina civil
rights leader from the 1930s, who at the tender age of 22, organized twelve
thousand pecan shellers in a strike that was to become the first successful
action in the Mexican American struggle for political and economic justice.
Aimed at readers 6 and up, That’s Not Fair is the April
2008 national Las Comadres Book Selection.
What Can You Do with a Rebozo?
(Tricycle Press, 2008. Illustrated by Amy Cordova)
A wonderful celebration of the power of imagination and play, What
Can you Do with a Rebozo follows a spunky young Mexican American girl
through her discovery of many uses for her Mom’s red Mexican shawl.
“Para los
ninos, Tafolla and Córdova weave together a delightful swirl of
color, rhythm, and rhyme, delightful as a rebozo.”
--- Pat
Mora, award-winning author of more than twenty children’s books
Baby Coyote and the Old Woman
(Wings Press, 2000)
The Dallas Morning News calls Baby Coyote and the Old Woman a
simple story that imparts a powerful message. John Nichols says, “Baby
Coyote is a wonderful, gentle, and very compassionate book about the
most important struggle on earth today.” It is a story of respect,
friendship, and ecological wisdom. Nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award,
it was featured at the Texas Book Festival in 2002.
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In addition to her own authored works in both trade books and textbooks,
Tafolla has helped guide the direction for Mexican-American Children’s
Literature through more than a decade of serving as a member of
the National Committee for the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American
Children’s Book Award.
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That’s Not Fair
What Can You Do
with a Rebozo
Baby Coyote
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