I love Saturdays y domingos, is a book about a girl that hangs out with her english speaking grandparents on saturdays and her spanish speaking grandparents on domingos. I like this book because it shows the two different sides of her life. She can speak english when she needs to or spanish at other times. For example, she calls her grandparents on Saturdays grandma and grandpa, but on Sundays, domingos she calls her grandparents abuelita and abuelito. I think that this would be a great book for children that are just learning the english language or children that are from english/spanish speaking homes. This book really shows diversity with in the family which can be very important as the world is becoming more diverse.
Monday, July 14, 2008
I love Saturdays y domingos, By: Alma Flor Ada
Posted by MS. RUSSELL'S BLOG at 5:48 PM
Labels: english/spanish book
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Ashley, I think your final comment on the book was a very profound one. The world is becoming more and more diverse in many different ways and areas. This book exemplifies that exact theme.
This book was great in illustrating the importance of diversity. I thought the little girl was brilliant in knowing how to communicate with both sets of parents, truly bilingual. Excellent choice for diversity.
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