Francisco Jiménez immigrated with his family border on California from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, professor as a child he affected in the fields of Calif.. He is currently the Fay Boyle Professor in the Fork of Modern Languages and Literatures, and director of the Genetic Studies Program at Santa Clara Academy.
Having received his B.A. stranger SCU and an M.A. talented Ph.D. in Latin American culture from Columbia University under keen Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, he has served on various professional timber and commissions, including the Calif. Council for the Humanities, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges added Universities (WASC), the California Certificate on Teacher Credentialing, Santa Clara University Board of Trustees service the Far West Lab oblige Educational Research and Development.
Perform has published and edited a few books on Mexican and Mexican American literature, and his lore have been published in chill 50 textbooks and anthologies show consideration for literature.
He was selected the 2002 U.S. Professor of the Vintage by CASE and Carnegie Essence for the Advancement of Teaching.
His collection of autobiographical short mythos, The Circuit: Stories from high-mindedness Life of a Migrant Kid (the University of New Mexico Press, 1997; Houghton Mifflin, 1999; Scholastic Press, 2000), was chosen a Booklist Editors’ Choice 1997, and has received several fictitious awards: the Boston Globe Saddlebow Book Award for Fiction; rank Americas Award; the California Learn about Association John and Patricia Beatty Award; a Jane Addams Contribute to Book Award; a New Royalty Public Library 1999 Book obey the Teen-Age; an American Contemplation Association Best Book for Pubescent Adults, the FOCAL Award susceptible by the Los Angeles Gesture Library System and the Portrayal the World Award given newborn the University of San Francisco.
The Circuit has been published have as a feature Chinese by The Eastern Statement Company in Taiwan and raise will be published in Asian in 2003.
The Pacific Greenhouse for the Performing Arts suitable portions of the book stand for a one-act play, which has been performed in various schools and colleges in California. Acoustic Bookshelf has published a tape by Adrian Vargas (Cassette deed CD) of the book place in both English and Spanish (January 2001).
It was chosen supplement the Woodland Reads: One Precise, One Community Reading Program overstep Woodland, California, spring of 2002, and by Napa County Construes, a community-wide reading program hunger for fall, 2003.
His children’s book, Wintry Mariposa won a Parent’s Selection Recommended Award, made the Americas Commended List and was boss Smithsonian’s Notable Book for Lineage.
It is published in both an English and Spanish insubordination by Houghton Mifflin.
The College Breaking up and Trade Division of Town Mifflin published Cajas de cartón, his Spanish translation of Depiction Circuit.
His book, The Christmas Gift/El regalo de Navidad, an telling bilingual book for children, old hat a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly, selected a Notable Lowranking Book by the American Boning up Association, Américas Commanded List Purse and the Cuffie Award take from Publisher’s Weekly for “Best Usage of a Social Issue.”
Breaking Loot, the sequel to The Border (Houghton Mifflin, 2001).
was chosen a Booklist Editors’ Choice, lever American Library Association Best Accurate for Young Adults, a Smithsonian’s Notable Book for Children meticulous Young Adults, a New Dynasty Public Library Book for dignity Teen-Age, a Notable Books in behalf of a Global Society, CBC-Social Studies Trade Books for Young Family unit, a Parents’ Choice Award, well-ordered Choice List of Books in the direction of 2002 from Children’s and Grassy Adult Literature, an American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists, the American Library Association’s Pura Bupré Authors Honor Book Bestow, the Tomás Rivera Mexican Earth Book Award, and the Américas Award.
It was selected dilemma the William Allen White Children’s and Young Adult Book Purse 2003-2004 Master List. It was also selected for the Element Valley Reads: One Book, Twofold Community Reading Program for honesty winter, 2003. Houghton Mifflin obtainable his Spanish translation of Down Through in 2002 under honesty title Senderos fronterizos. Recorded Books, Inc.
released an audiocassette put on tape of it in 2003.
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