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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1303300
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 4
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A Conversation with Sonia Manzano: Sesame Street's "Maria"
Yurchak, Molly Foran
Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, v28 n4 p48-51 Win 2017
This article presents an interview with Sonia Manzano, who, for 44 years (1971-2015), played the role of Maria on "Sesame Street." A range of issues were discussed--children, learning, politics, entertainment-- as well as her transition to a writing life, through her several children's books and her lyrical and captivating memoir of her Nuyorican Bronx childhood, "Becoming Maria."
Descriptors: Public Television, Childrens Television, Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Educational Practices, Social Problems, Minority Groups, Authors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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