Background
Tafolla was born in San Antonio, Texas on 29 July 1951.
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Fiesta Babies
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Join in the lastest fun from a Pura Belpré Honor-winning team. These Fiesta Babies dance, march on parade, and sing along to mariachi songs in their spirited celebration of fiestas. From piñatas to flower coronas, little ones are introduced to the many coloful aspects of an important and lively Latino cultural tradition.
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Carmen Tafolla
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Education
She graduated from Austin College with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and French in 1972, and earned a Master’s degree in Education from Austin College the following year. She pursued further post-graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Bilingual and Foreign Education in 1981.
Career
Tafolla served as the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2012 to 2014, and was named the Poet Laureate of Texas for 2015-2016. She is one of the most highly anthologized Chicana authors in the United States, with her work appearing in more than 40 anthologies. Tafolla served as the director of the Mexican-American studies center at Texas Lutheran College, Segun from 1973 to 1976, and from 1978 to 1979.
She has been an associate professor of women's studies at California State University, Fresno, and is currently an associate professor of education at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Tafolla has received multiple literary awards: National Chicano Literary Contest, University of California Irivine. First Prize (1987) - Awarded for Sonnets to Human Beings. Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Award for Children’s Books (2009) - Awarded by the Texas State University College of Education for The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans Américas Award for Children"s and Young Adult Literature (2010). Awarded by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) for What Can You Doctor of Osteopathy with A Paleta? Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Award for Children’s Books (2010) - Awarded by the Texas State University College of Education for What Can You Doctor of Osteopathy with a Paleta? Charlotte Zolotow Award for Best Children"s Picture Book (2010) - Awarded for What Can You Doctor of Osteopathy with A Paleta?.
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Fiesta Babies
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- Fiesta Babies FIESTA BABIES by Tafolla, Carmen ( Author ) ON Mar - 09 - 2010 Library Binding
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Fiesta Babies
Awards
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Tafolla has received multiple literary awards: National Chicano Literary Contest, University of California Irivine. First Prize (1987) - Awarded for Sonnets to Human Beings. Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Award for Children’s Books (2009) - Awarded by the Texas State University College of Education for The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (2010). Awarded by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) for What Can You DO with A Paleta? Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Award for Children’s Books (2010) - Awarded by the Texas State University College of Education for What Can You DO with a Paleta? Charlotte Zolotow Award for Best Children's Picture Book (2010) - Awarded for What Can You DO with A Paleta?Tafolla has received multiple literary awards: National Chicano Literary Contest, University of California Irivine. First Prize (1987) - Awarded for Sonnets to Human Beings. Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Award for Children’s Books (2009) - Awarded by the Texas State University College of Education for The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (2010). Awarded by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) for What Can You DO with A Paleta? Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Award for Children’s Books (2010) - Awarded by the Texas State University College of Education for What Can You DO with a Paleta? Charlotte Zolotow Award for Best Children's Picture Book (2010) - Awarded for What Can You DO with A Paleta?