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Aurora U. collegians author kids’ books in SpanishAURORA, Ill. May 17, 2006 - For an eighth year, Aurora University students produced and donated original story books in Spanish for Hispanic children at Aurora elementary and middle schools. During Professor Denise Hatcher’s Advanced Spanish Literature class, 22 AU students wrote, illustrated, and published six titles with eight to 12 colorful pages as a community-service project. Books created by collegians are “Tito Tortuga (Tito Turtle),” “Caracter Cuenta (Character Counts),” “El Pececillo (The Fishbowl),” “Quien es El Mas Bello? (Who is prettiest?),” “La Misma Diferencia (The Same Difference),” and “La Verdad Sobre Los Coles de Bruselas (The Truth About Brussel Sprouts”). Collegians donated several copies of each book to bilingual classrooms at 11 public and parochial elementary and middle schools. When teams of one to three collegians delivered books, they also visited classrooms to read their stories to students. Aurora schools that received books were Allen Elementary, Bardwell Elementary, Brady Elementary, Cowherd Middle School, Dietrich Elementary, Hermes Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, O’Donnell Elementary, Smith Elementary, and Archbishop Romero School. Hatcher initiated the program in 1999 to serve the Aurora Latino community and to provide collegians with a combined learning and cultural experience. Since its inception, Hatcher’s program has written, translated, and donated books and other materials for Aurora schools and Aurora-based Two Rivers Headstart. AU student authors were:
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