When Google Translate Gives You Arroz con Mango: Erroneous Español and the Need for #ownvoices.

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  • Author(s): Pérez, Celia C.
  • Source:
    Horn Book Magazine. Mar/Apr2017, Vol. 93 Issue 2, p44-48. 4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Twitter (Web resource); Children's literature; Spanish language; Literary characters; Spaniards; Picture books
    • Abstract:
      The article talks about the conversation of author with three writer and librarian colleagues on social media website Twitter about the use of Spanish in primarily English-language children's books. Topics discussed include use of Spanish by non-Spanish-speaking authors in children's books such as included picture books and graphic novels, responsibility of authors for creating and promoting books with accurate representations, and report of Cooperative Children's Book Center's on the same.