Teaching resources for The Smoking Mirror
Here are a few resources than can be used by teachers in connection with The Smoking Mirror
Year: 2016
Glossary for The Smoking Mirror
I’ve created a list of mythological characters, objects, places and concepts mentioned or featured inThe Smoking Mirror. Here’s an audio recording of these words to help with pronunciation. Acolmiztli—A black puma who leads the Balamija in the second level of Mictlan Ahuiateteo—Gods of vice and excess. ahuitzotl—(pl. ahuitzomeh) “Water dog,”…
The Smoking Mirror selected Belpré Honor Book
The American Library Association announced this morning that my YA novel The Smoking Mirror is a Pura Belpré Honor Book! The Belpré recipients are selected by a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, and the National Association to Promote Library…
Top Shelf 2015
Here are all the book reviews I did for The Monitor in 2015. 13 Timeless Tragedies January 23, 2015: Oresteia February 20, 2015: Oedipus the King March 27, 2015: Medea April 24, 2015: The Madness of Hercules May 29, 2015: Hamlet June 26, 2015: Punishment without Revenge July 24, 2015: Phèdre …
Poems in Cybersoleil
My poems “Santander” and “Escape” are up at Cybersoleil. Click here to give them a read.
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Glossary for The Smoking Mirror
I’ve created a list of mythological characters, objects, places and concepts mentioned or featured inThe Smoking Mirror. Here’s an audio recording of these words to help with pronunciation. Acolmiztli—A black puma who leads the Balamija in the second level of Mictlan Ahuiateteo—Gods of vice and excess. ahuitzotl—(pl. ahuitzomeh) “Water dog,”…
The Smoking Mirror selected Belpré Honor Book
The American Library Association announced this morning that my YA novel The Smoking Mirror is a Pura Belpré Honor Book! The Belpré recipients are selected by a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, and the National Association to Promote Library…
Top Shelf 2015
Here are all the book reviews I did for The Monitor in 2015. 13 Timeless Tragedies January 23, 2015: Oresteia February 20, 2015: Oedipus the King March 27, 2015: Medea April 24, 2015: The Madness of Hercules May 29, 2015: Hamlet June 26, 2015: Punishment without Revenge July 24, 2015: Phèdre …
Poems in Cybersoleil
My poems “Santander” and “Escape” are up at Cybersoleil. Click here to give them a read.