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Cinco Puntos Press RIF Books

Cinco Puntos Press is proud to be a registered vendor in the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program. Our 2007 RIF catalog is our largest yet and features our best RIF prices ever. We believe our books are a perfect fit for RIF’s new multicultural literacy project.

Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children's and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United StatesRIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year. In the summer of 2007 RIF launched its Multicultural Literacy Campaign to address a persistent gap in minority children reading scores. "There is growing research and awareness of the importance of children being exposed to books that reflect their own culture," said Violet Harris, professor of curriculum and instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "When children see themselves in the books they read at a young age, they are more likely to want to read more often.”

            We offer an excellent list of books that are deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of Hispanic, African American and Native American communities. To download a pdf of the Cinco Puntos Press RIF catalog, click here. For more information on individual books, click on the covers of the books in the RIF catalog.

            If you are an educator, and would like to start a RIF program at your school, click here.


Cinco Puntos RIF Bestsellers

 
A Gift for Papa Diego /
Un regalo de Papá Diego
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

"A border is nothing for people who love." Full of child appeal, Garcia's painted clay, claymation-style illustrations are unusual and entertaining. Sensitively told and true to the experience of many Mexican Americans, this bilingual picture book bridges the borders that separate all families who must live far apart from their loved ones.
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Ghost Fever /
Mal de Fantasma

by Joe Hayes

*2006-2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner*


Hayes’s short chapters make this perfect for classroom read alouds, as well as for independent reading. Sure to be popular with young chapter book readers who enjoy a chill running down the spine, Ghost Fever is also recommended for reluctant older readers. Librarians and booksellers would do well to display and handtalk this title.

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The Festival of Bones /
El festival de las calaveras
A Little-Bitty Book for the Day of the Dead
by Luis San Vicente

On Mexico's Day of the Dead, the skeletons jump for sheer joy. And no wonder: they’ve been cooped up the whole year long and now they’re ready to party. Watch the calaveras shake, rattle and roll as they celebrate the biggest event of the graveyard’s social calendar!






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