Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It's Over!: The Real History of Christopher Columbus by Rebeldita the Fearless and Dr. Siu (Rebeldita the Fearless | Rebeldita la Alegre by Dr. Siu). Este artículo no está disponible.Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It's Over!: The Real History of Christopher Columbus by Rebeldita the Fearless and Dr. Siu (Rebeldita the Fearless | Rebeldita la Alegre by Dr. Siu)

"Best Children's Picture Book" Honorable Mention, International Latino Book Awards
"Picks for the Social Justice Curriculum and Classroom" -Rethinking Schools
"A must for every classroom, library, and home" - South Seattle Emerald

GIGANTIC LIES meet EMPOWERING TRUTHS in this masterfully written, family friendly book finally bringing children, parents, and educators the real history of Christopher Columbus. By scholar and educator, Dr. Siu.

Author: Dr. Siu
Illustrations: Víctor Zúñiga
Translation: Matthew Byrne

PRAISE FOR CHRISTOPHER THE OGRE COLGORE, IT'S OVER!:

"A Pioneering Children's Book" LA Times on Rebeldita the Fearless

"This book shifts the paradigm in elementary school curricula regarding Columbus and white settler colonialism. It's wonderful!"
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States

"A beautifully written story that challenges the colonialist & dehumanizing "dominant" narrative written about Christopher Columbus that has caused so much harm to the original peoples of AbyaYala. Dr. Siu's "Christopher the Ogre Cologre it's Over!" helps children and adults unpack, discover, and protect TRUTH in a manner that is empowering and healing. It opens opportunities for young readers to see themselves as AGENTS of change, protectors of TRUTH, and practitioners of RESISTANCE. A must-have for any Ethnic Studies classroom!"
- Veronica Xochitl Valadez, MA Chicana/o Studies & Ethnic Studies Professor, Ethnic Studies Consultant, and Co-founder of Ehecatl Wind Philosophies.

"It's over for the evil settler colonialist, Christopher the Ogre Cologre! - A beautiful children's tale of love and revolutionary spirit. Dr. Siu's beautiful story of intergenerational warriors has us on a quest to protect truth, cultural knowledge, and teach us that history cannot be denied!"
- Dr. Theresa Montaño, Chicana/o Studies Professor and Co-Founder Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Coalition

"I love Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It’s Over! by Rebeldita the Fearless and Dr. Oriel María Siu. What an amazing way to empower children and youth to resist decades of colonialism and speak their truths! This clever, insightful, and beautifully illustrated book offers a profound message in a wonderfully inviting way."
- Dr. Christine Sleeter, Expert on anti-racist Multicultural education, Ethnic Studies, and Teacher Education. Author of over 150 articles in books and journals such as Educational Researcher, Multicultural Education Review, Urban Education, and Teaching and Teacher Education; and 23 books.

"Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It’s Over! is a must read for elementary Ethnic Studies students and teachers! Dr. Siu’s work is a consciousness-raising literary wonder to be used to break down concepts such as “colonization” and “resistance” to both younger students and teachers alike. Moreover, the righteous Rebeldita serves as an honorable model for students to counter all systems of oppression, informing and inspiring our youth to act and live as agents of change to not only imagine, but in fact, to create a more just and humanizing world for those who have been racialized and dehumanized in our society."
- Sean Arce, PhD, Ethnic Studies Educator


FOR MORE ABOUT CHRISTOPHER THE OGRE COLOGRE, VISIT: www.orielmariasiu.com/theogrecologre

Dr. Oriel María Siu (1981) is from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Daughter to a strong & mighty Pipil-Salvadoran-Guatemalan mother, and a dedicated Chinese Nicaraguan father, Dr. Siu had to leave her homeland for Los Angeles, California, in 1997.She has since contributed to the creation of academic spaces for the growing Central American, Black and Brown communities in the U.S., helping to establish the first Central American Studies Program at California State University, Northridge in 1999, and founding the Latina/o Studies program at the University of Puget Sound in 2012. Throughout her journey as an educator, Dr. Siu has remained a strong proponent of Ethnic Studies, contributing her research, writing and teaching to sustaining and expanding this important and much needed academic field.Dr. Siu holds a Doctoral Degree in Cultural Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She teaches courses on race, immigration, Central American, Chicana/o and Latinx literatures, and has published multiple articles, chapters, and academic works on these topics. Among the universities where Dr. Siu has taught are UCLA, the University of Puget Sound, and Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.After becoming a mother in 2013, Dr. Siu encountered the problem all socially-conscious parents face: the lack of inspiring, empowering, historically on-point, and culturally sensitive books for children of color in the U.S. So she decided to write her own. She has received numerous recognitions for her pioneering children's book series, Rebeldita the Fearless / Rebeldita la Alegre. In this series, Dr. Siu centralizes the power of children vis-a-vis destructive ogre-forces living in society.Dr. Siu is also a dancer, with Kizomba and Dominican bachata being two of her dance loves. She lives and writes out of Los Angeles, California, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with her daughter Suletu Ixakbal.In 2020, Dr. Siu was selected "Top Ten New Latino Latinx Authors" by Latino Stories for her contributions to children's literature in the United States. For more about the author visit: www.orielmariasiu.com