Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul: Celebrating La Comunidad Latina

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	Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul: Celebrating La Comunidad Latina Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, ... HCI, 2005 - 380 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Inspiring, heartwarming and humorous, this special story collection celebrates Latino life and community across the country.

Whether your roots are in Mexico, Central or South America, the Caribbean or the Iberian Peninsula, the stories in this volume will remind you of the pride, hope and joy of being part of the Latino community in America. Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul showcases the storytelling traditions of Latino culture, articulating the joys, struggles and triumphs of the Latino experience:

An abuela shares memories of encountering Pancho Villa and his army on hot, dusty summer morning while fetching water at the town square. A favorite tia explains her philosophy of life through the methodical preparation of enchiladas A young man learns an important lesson about life while trying to make his mother pronounce English "properly" A young woman recounts her family's successful struggle to survive the Great Depression in Spanish Harlem.

With stories that explore culture and identity, and that celebrate families and spirituality, living in two languages, crossing borders and overcoming life's challenges, each chapter focuses on the uniqueness of the Latino experience and tradition.

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Sweet and Spicy Soul

_Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul_ opened my eyes, ears, heart, mind and taste-buds to the rich beauty of many Latino families and their cultures. I also discovered that I may have a Latina soul! Although Swedish by genetics, _Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul_ embraces me and each reader as a confidante. Susan Sanchez-Casal has compiled stirring and hopeful tales of deepest family treasures. These are human stories, anecdotes that reach across boundaries and illuminate our shared and unique experiences. A book of pride!

Great book for after school programs

I am using this book with 6-8th grade second language learners who need to work on fluency, comprehension, and oral expression. The short stories are engaging and my students (all Latinas) can easily identify with the different themes presented. The connections my students make with the different story lines make for lively discussions and help them to better understand how they are not alone.

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A wonderful addition for a multi-cultural curriculum!

As a contributing author to this book and former school teacher, I just realized how invaluable this little book of stories is to the future of our Latino children. This great book should be used by any educator wishing to connect with high school level students who will find relevance in the subject matter they are reading. Not only is it enriched with the history of our people and the story of their struggle, but you will also read modern-day social commentary from a Latino's perspective and discover how we contribute to the wonderful tapestry of this mult-culturally rich country. I would recommend this book for all educators seeking to add a book to their multi-cultural curriculum.
JAX, author of Heart of The Jaguar and contributing author to "Grandma's Recipe" and a "Bridge to Freedom"

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Not as expected- but I don't regret buying it.

I had great hopes for this book, I have read about 8 of the others but this is the least fulfilling one of them all, though I am a Latina. I would give a handful of stories a 5 but the rest aren't up to par. I think that the editors didn't do a thorough search or make use of all some of the channels available (to get the word out.) I know from reading past Chicken Soup books that compilations for these are made by soliciting them in these yet to reach a broader Latino audience more was probably needed and the Hispanic contributor should have known that. Shucks! I hope they come out with a part 2 that is in true Chicken Soup spirit.

As for this book being one of few books that celebrate our Latino Spirit- if you are Hispanic I do recommend it.

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