This engaging collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of well-respected educators who attained biliteracy when they were young students, and in the era before bilingual education. These autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schoolsthe inextricable and emotional ties that Latinos have to Spanish. The authors offer teachers important lessons about the individual potential of their Latino students. These stories of tenacity and resilience offer hope for a new generation of bilingual learners who are too...

How Will I Talk to Abuela? is the story of 5 year-old David who is excited to meet his grandmother (Abuela). The problem: Abuela speaks mostly Spanish and David speaks only English. In the end, David discovers that strong family bonds can transcend language barriers. The story is based on real and imagined incidences between the author's mother (Abuela), and Abuela's biracial grandchildren. David represents a composite of those grandchildren.