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Alma Flor Ada

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Dr. Ada was the founder and First Editor in Chief of :
NABE, Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education

She has been active for many years in various professional associations including : IRA, International Reading Association
CRA, California Reading Association
CABE, California Association for Bilingual Education
USIBBY, US Branch of the International Board of Books for Young People

She is a member of :
Advisory Board of Loose Leaf Public Radio Programs
National Television Workshop
Between the Lines
Reading Up!, Natural Head Start Association

A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Ada also works in school districts with children, teachers and parents.

The award-winning author of numerous children’s books and a prolific translator, Alma Flor Ada is a leading mentor and philosopher of bilingual education in the United States.

She has authored several reading programs, among them two Spanish reading programs :
Cielo abierto
Vamos de fiesta!

and of two English reading programs :
Signatures
Collections

and is a series consultant for Relatos de la historia , a Spanish social studies program developed by Harcourt School Publishers.

Among her most substantive contributions to the transmission of Hispanic culture to children are :
Música amiga, a program for learning through songs, published by Del Sol Books
Puertas al Sol - Pathways to the Sun, published by Santillana
Latino poetry, Art, and Biographies for children, published by Santillana

Dr. Ada received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Lima, Perú and did post-doctoral research at Harvard University as a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute and a Fulbright Research Scholar.

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Alma Flor Ada

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Books from Alma Flor Ada

I Love Saturdays y Domingos

Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English: Bilingual Spanish-English

Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience

Yours Truly, Goldilocks

Dear Peter Rabbit

Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection

Love, Amalia

With Love, Little Red Hen

Island Treasures: Growing Up in Cuba

World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from The Metropolitan Museum

Medio Pollito/Half Chicken

The Three Golden Oranges

Where The Flame Trees Bloom

The Year We Missed My Birthday

The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding

The Chick That Wouldn't Hatch/El pollito que no queria salir del huevo

Friend Frog

Mama Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury

Abuelita's Secret

Celebrate Christmas and Three Kings Day with Pablo and Carlitos