{"id":8481,"date":"2010-09-14T11:24:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T18:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=8481"},"modified":"2012-12-17T11:43:42","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T18:43:42","slug":"english-professor-focuses-latest-book-on-civil-rights-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/english-professor-focuses-latest-book-on-civil-rights-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"English professor focuses latest book on civil rights leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

A champion for English and Spanish literacy, author\u00a0Monica Brown<\/strong>\u00a0has released her seventh bilingual children\u2019s book,\u00a0Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez\/Lado A Lado: La Historia de Dolores Huerta y C<\/em>\u00e9sar Ch<\/em>\u00e1vez.<\/em><\/p>\n

The book chronicles the inspiring story of the fight for the rights of farm workers in 1960s United States.<\/p>\n

An award-winning author and NAU English professor, Brown has written several children\u2019s books about historical figures from the United States and Latin Americas. Her latest book includes the little-known but influential woman who made a big difference in the lives of migrant workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to tell Dolores Huerta\u2019s story,\u201d Brown said. \u201cFew people know the important role that she played as co-founder of the United Farm Workers movement. And I wanted my daughters to know that women can be incredible leaders in the fight for change.\u201d<\/p>\n

With colorful and engaging illustrations,\u00a0Side by Side<\/em>\u00a0captures the attention of young readers while unfolding a vibrant tale of the efforts of the two heroes.<\/p>\n

Brown’s first book,\u00a0My name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz\/Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz<\/em>, won the prestigious\u00a0Americas Award<\/a>\u00a0for Children\u2019s Literature and a Pura Belpr\u00e9 Honor.
\n\""Side<\/a>Known for being actively involved in literacy programs throughout the United States, Brown recently was a guest of the\u00a0U.S. Embassy<\/a>\u00a0in Panama for the annual Feria del Libro, a book festival that draws thousands of visitors.\u00a0 During her visit, she spoke with future teachers about literacy and the importance of children\u2019s literature.\u201cIt was so unexpected to receive an award for my first children\u2019s book,\u201d she said. \u201cBeing able to write for children is a gift in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was wonderful to represent the United States and Arizona,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI had the honor of reading to children at a poor school and at a children\u2019s hospital, and none of the children had met an author in person before.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a regular guest author in schools around the U.S., Brown says she enjoys the visits because of the effect it has on children when she starts to speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cI begin in Spanish, and I can see the shock in their eyes as children mouth the word \u2018Wow,\u2019\u201d Brown said. \u201cNo one at their school has ever spoken Spanish to them through a microphone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to her recent interview on\u00a0KNAU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A champion for English and Spanish literacy, author\u00a0Monica Brown\u00a0has released her seventh bilingual children\u2019s book,\u00a0Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez\/Lado A Lado: La Historia de Dolores Huerta y C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez. The book chronicles the inspiring story of the fight for the rights of farm workers in 1960s United States. An…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":8486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}