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Rainbow Weaver by Linda Elovitz Marshall and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri! 

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This is a great example of artifactual literacy. Weaving is a big part of Guatemalan culture and it's represented in this book. 

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Ixchel is a descendant of weaves. She is discouraged at first as she wasn't allowed to weave (lack of resources) but she found the plastic around her village was a great replacement. By the end she was known for her rainbow weaves. 

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Cultural art, reduce, reuse, recycle, preservation, perseverance, not giving up

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Ashley + Jessica

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The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez - René Colato Laínez

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This book shows a clear example of funds of knowledge. Miguelito has familial and cultural knowledge of El Raton Perez because he collected his families teeth.Talking about the U.S. tooth fairy is also representative of the funds of knowledge that may be more commonly seen in the U.S. in regards to the "tooth fairy" story. 

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A little boy who has two different tooth fairies, loses a tooth and puts it under his pillow. Both of the 'tooth fairies' show up to collect the tooth at the same time. They are then forced to work together to get the tooth after they lose it. 

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Gracie Breckenridge & Lillie Rollins

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"My Two Border Towns" Author: David Bowels Illustrator: Erika Meza 

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This book highlights the importance of students culture. The little boy in this book talks about how he lives America but he also travels to Mexico, which is where his family is from. He talks about important aspects of his culture such as the food that they eat and how he communicates with his family in their native language, which is Spanish. 

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A little boy who lives in America with his family. He and his father go back and forth to Mexico to visit his family and friends. While in Mexico they gather supplies and give them to refugees waiting at the border. He longs for his friends waiting to get citizenship to be able to be with him in America. 

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Ava and Caitlin

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My first Book of Proverbs by Ralfka Gonzalez and Ana Ruiz (illustrated by Sandra Cisneros)

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We think this book is demonstrating the artifactual literacy practice because many of these proverbs have been passed down for generations making them well-known enough to be deemed proverbs. Having these words be taught as traditions makes them more historical and familial based. 

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The book is a collection of oral sayings that were written down to bring readers awareness of Mexican cultural proverbs. 

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There are different ideas on each page, including “a little goes a long way”. “Leadership derives from community” and “see  the beauty in everything”. The simplest sayings have the most power. 

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Katie and Caitlyn

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Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman an Enrique O. Sanchez

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Souto-Manning's practice of learning children's histories is supported in this story because Amelia's teacher connected with her and tried to learn more about her. This made Amelia want to learn more about her background and family history. After she learned about this, it made her realize the importance of home and family. 

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The book is about a young girl named Amelia who struggles with the concept of home and consistency. Her family is migrant workers who moved from harvest to harvest and moved to different labor camps. This leads her to struggle to call a place home.

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The theme of this book is to embrace your situation and the concept of home is what you make it. 

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Anna Davenport and Kendall McKinney

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Alma- and How She Got Her Name, Juana Martinez-Neal

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1. Learning Children's Histories, 2. Teaching from Children's Names, 3. Funds of Knowledge- The book covers the importance of each part of Alma's name and how it connects her to her ancestors. The book also covers all the funds of knowledge that has been passed through her family. For example, her grandfather was an artist and he passed down his love and appreciation for art to Alma.  

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This book is explains the significance of Alma's name and where it came from in her family.

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The themes of this book are family history and identity. 

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Amanda Jacobs and Ashlinn Laverty

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This is a good example of Artifactual Literacy because the blanket, and objects made from it, are important to the family because it represents time spent together and brings comfort to those who carry it. It can also be representative of the things you learn from your family. 

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This book is about a special item that grows and changes with the main character and spending time with family. 

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This book has themes of passing values from generation to generation, as well as making the best of your situations. 

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Jess and Jake

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This is an example of artifactual literacy: Empowering children through culturally relevant teaching. Illustrations are labeled in Spanish as well as English. The author uses animals and infrastructure that students are familiar with to develop a culturally relevant story that intertwines the two cultures. 

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English and Spanish cultures from opposite sides of town, join together for one huge celebration. Everyone gets stuck on the bridge on their way to the celebration and they decide to celebrate on the bridge all together. 

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Katelyn and Evie

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I'll Go and Come Back By: Rajani LaRocca

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This book utilizes the Funds of Knowledge strand. When Jyoti is in India, her Grandmother shares her knowledge of games, food, and art with her. But when Pati visits America, it is Jyoti's turn to educate her Grandmother on different American games, food, and art making. 

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A young girl, Jyoti, travels to India to visit family, where she establishes a close relationship with her Grandmother despite a language barrier. 

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What can you do with a paleta? By Carmen Tafolla

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What can you do with a paleta? Carmen Tafolla

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This is a good example of artifactual literacy because the paleta is a common and familiar object that many children from Mexican origin families are familiar with. Paletas are much more popular across the U.S. now, and many kids eat popsicles, so this is an object many students would be able to relate to. 

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The many wonderful ways you can have fun with popsicles (paletas).

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Enjoy the small things. Be kind and generous to others.