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Alma Flor Ada


Born
in Camagüey, Cuba
January 03, 1938

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Dr. Ada was the founder and First Editor in Chief of :
NABE, Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education

She has been active for many years in various professional associations including : IRA, International Reading Association
CRA, California Reading Association
CABE, California Association for Bilingual Education
USIBBY, US Branch of the International Board of Books for Young People

She is a member of :
Advisory Board of Loose Leaf Public Radio Programs
National Television Workshop
Between the Lines
Reading Up!, Natural Head Start Association

A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Dr. Ada also works in school districts with children, teachers and parents.

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ISLAND TREASURES

I am anxiously awaiting my author's copies of my newest book of childhood memories ISLAND TREASURES. I appreciate that Atheneum wanted to acknowledge the long life in print of two previously published books WHERE THE FLAMETREES BLOOM and UNDER THE ROYAL PALMS [Pura Belpre Medal] by combining them in this volume with a new set of stories DAYS AT LA QUINTA SIMONI. It was fun collecting photographs f Read more of this blog post »
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