When publisher Karen Pavlicin began receiving requests for Spanish-language children’s books from military family support centers, librarians and educators, she began looking for ways to fill that ...
For decades, finding Spanish-language books in the U.S. was like tilting at windmills. Booksellers stocked few titles in the language of Cervantes, and those they carried came at a hefty premium. A ...
It’s called LeaLA and it’s this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Admission is free and all are welcome, whether you can read “Don Quixote” in the original Castillian easily or are trying ...
A range of factors are leading U.S. bookstores to expand their Spanish-language offerings. Driven by language-immersion schools and bilingual families, many stores are now specializing in bilingual ...
PITTSFIELD — As a teenager in Colombia, Connie Bergs-Sanchez found in books the solitude and comfort she had been craving. Some of the ones she liked included “Les Misérables,” the Twilight series, ...
Organizers of the prestigious Guadalajara International Book Fair raise their tent at the Los Angeles Convention Center tomorrow through Sunday for the first time. The book fair will feature author ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Chicago Public Schools are doubling down on their commitment to dual-language learning with help from the Mexican Embassy. On Wednesday, the embassy donated a number of ...
Multilingual elementary and junior high students throughout Santa Barbara County competed in a battle of literary wit at the ...
As an immigrant father intent on passing on command of Spanish to his children – and as a lifelong, avid reader – Carlos Carrasquero was dismayed by the lack of Spanish-language offerings in metro ...
With increasing attention and acknowledgment of the importance and power of Spanish-language readers in the United States, it’s not uncommon to hear about companies experimenting with new lines of ...
It seems like the definition of an untapped market: Spanish speakers make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but only 4 percent of books sold in the country are in Spanish. It's a surprising ...
Located just off the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 80th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, sits a small bookstore called Librería Barco de Papel. When the Librería Barco de Papel was founded in 2003, ...