Maggi: You might want to check into the "Legends of the World"
series, by Troll Associates. They have a series of multicultural
paperbacks, one of which is The Golden Slipper, a Vietnamese Legend.
(picturebook, 32 pages) They may have others, but you may have more
luck just going with Asian stories. Call 201-529-4000, Bridgewater
Books. ISBN: 0-8167-3406-2. If you'd like, I could also send you
copies of lists of books - I teach children's literature, and have
some great resources. Let me know if you'd like more. Have you
checked with Donna Norton, at Texas A&M? She's one of the best in
the field, and I prefer her textbook, Through the Eyes of a Child,
over any others I've seen.
Good luck!
Jane Neuburger
Tutor Coordinator (and professor or reading, writing, children's lit,
study skills, etc.)
Cazenovia College
Cazenovia, NY 13035
315-655-7206
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> Subject: Vietnamese books
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> Hello, dear readers. In addition to teaching readng at Austin Community
> College, I work with the local RIF (Reading is FUNdamental) program. For
> the uninitiated, this program provides free books and motivational
> activities to children from low income schools. In Austin, there are 18,000
> children being served and many more on the waiting list. You will not be
> surprised to learn that many of these children come from homes which are
> not English dominant. This brings me to the point: we are looking for
> suggestions for book titles for Vietnamese children, whether they be in
> Vietnamese or in English. We strive to keep book costs down, obviously, so
> we can buy more books, but the few Vietnamese titles we have are only
> available in hardcover and are five times as expensive as our more
> traditional titles. I have been told that, even in Vietnam, there are not
> very many books for children (an aside: could this be true?).
>
> RIF is not an educational program but its purpose is to foster a lifelong
> love of reading, so it is an easy program for a reading teacher to promote.
> If you have any suggestions, resources, or even questions, please contact
> me off list. Thanks for your help.
>
> Maggi Miller
> Austin Community College
> 1212 Rio Grande
> Austin, Texas 78701
> (512) 223-3359
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