Latino Bilingual Analysis

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The Latino genre are books that talk about the Latino community and diversity. It is important for children to read from the Latino genre because it creates awareness in the Latino Culture. It is important for bilingual education because students can learn from both languages. By teaching children authors from this genre, we can better explain how the Latino culture is growing and how it makes up society. When we read to children from Latino Authors we can show children that their lives and related experiences matters.
In the book, Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their World it states, “The intended outcome of this volume then is to create a heightened awareness of the cultural and linguistic capital held

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