{"id":4048,"date":"2016-09-10T05:50:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2016-09-10T05:50:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T10:50:32","slug":"school-library-journal-review-for-the-story-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/school-library-journal-review-for-the-story-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"School Library Journal Review for The Story Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Positive reviews from the major publication review outlets are something every author and artist waits for. Friday evening brought news of a School Library Journal review for the Story Circle to my inbox. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slj.com\/2016\/08\/reviews\/books\/picture-books-xpress-reviews-september-2016\/#_\" target=\"_blank\">Picture Book Express<\/a> review can be found among all the others for the August 29, 2016 issue.<\/p>\n<p>I have taken the liberty of cutting and pasting the\u00a0School Library Journal Review for The Story Circle for your convenience here.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"k4biblio\"><span class=\"k4creatorlast\"><strong>Gonzales Bertrand<\/strong>, <\/span> <span class=\"k4creatorfirst\">Diane. <\/span> <span class=\"k4productname\" style=\"color: #99ccff;\">The Story Circle\/El c\u00edrculo de cuentos. <\/span> tr. from English by Carolina E. Alonso. illus. by Wendy Martin. 32p. ebook available. Pi\u00f1ata. May 2016. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781558858268. <strong>BL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"k4review\"><strong><span class=\"k4gradelevel\">K-Gr 3<\/span><\/strong> \u2013This important bilingual text begins in the wake of a school flood that has destroyed the books in a primary grade classroom, leaving the teachers to clean up the mess. When the school reopens, the children immediately notice their empty bookshelves, and call out, \u201cWhat will we do for story circle?\/<em>\u00bfQu\u00e9 vamos a hacer para el c\u00edrculo de cuentos?<\/em>\u201d The English phrase <em>story circle<\/em> is a complex educational concept to capture in another language, and in this text it is translated literally. The teacher smiles and calls the students to the carpet, where she models oral storytelling while they enact and visualize her tale. The children go on to share personal narratives that they later write down and illustrate. The images cross most spreads, depicting a diverse classroom and students demonstrating caring behaviors toward their peers. In addition, the children are each set across from a detailed, sometimes fantastical image of their narratives. At times, the translation from the English text could be less literal so as to sound more natural in Spanish. <strong><span class=\"k4verdict\">VERDICT<\/span><\/strong> Young U.S. children will be able to make meaning from the Spanish text given the familiar school practice of storytime on the carpet, while all readers can connect in some way with its themes of resiliency and cooperation following a difficult event such as a natural disaster.<em><span class=\"k4authorname\">\u2013Ruth Quiroa, National Louis University, IL<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive reviews from the major publication review outlets are something every author and artist waits for. 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