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Promote Summer Reading

Illustration by Rafael Lopez from Book Fiesta!

Children’s Day, Book Day is often known as Día, meaning day for our daily commitment to celebrating all our children and to motivating them and their families to be readers, essential in our democracy. As part of their daily commitment, many of our Children’s Day, Book Day supporters share resources for parents, librarians and educators to help them promote summer reading.

For Parents
Summer Reading and Fluency: Tips for Parents, from Reading Roc...

Celebrate Children!

Happy Children’s Day, Book Day!

¡Feliz El Día de los Niños, El Día de los Libros! Día!

Across our country, April 30th and all year long, librarians, educators, organizations, publishers and families excite ALL our children to be readers. Today, we celebrate each of our children in a special way–all children, all cultures, all languages.

Many thanks, gracias, to all of you who promoted this year-long initiative that both celebrates children and literacy. Thanks to those of you who planned a...

Pima County Public Library: 23 Years of Día Celebrations

This year marks the 23rd year of Día celebrations– and Pima County Public Library in Tucson, Arizona has held events for every one of those years! Each Pima library branch celebrates Children’s Day, Book Day a little differently:

Martha Cooper Library is having a book giveaway during their storytimes for babies, toddlers and preschoolers; crafts, and a “Children’s Day Around the World” program.

Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr Library is hosting “La Mariposa Puppet Show.”

Murphy-Wilmot Library is also...

Children’s Day, Book Day Resources

Whether you’re planning your very first Children’s Day, Book Day celebration or you’d just like to gather new ideas, there are online resources to help.

On this website, visit Día Resources to Share, where you’ll find a complete Planning Booklet, a printable flyer, videos to share, public service announcements and links to helpful websites.

The Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) provides many Día resources on their website...

Teachers: 10 Ways You Can Celebrate Children’s Day, Book Day

Many thanks to two of our Children’s Day, Book Day Supporters for these ideas: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Colorín Colorado.

#1: Find some special books that represent different cultures to share with your students on April 30th.

#2: Host a Facebook Live special event with a visiting author–or just invite parents and friends to watch your classroom celebration.

#3: April is National Poetry Month, so plan a poetry slam! Or, for younger students, plant a poetry garden: wr...

Hooray for Children and Books!

Twenty-three years of celebrating children and books. What a powerful duo!

Every day is Children’s Day, Book Day–all children, all cultures, all languages. On April 30th, all over the country in all languages including Spanish El día de los niños, El día de los libros (Día) families, libraries, and schools, etc. plan special celebrations, just as we plan for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

We want to be a nation of readers! What are your special plans for sharing bookjoy?

Pat

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Sharing Bookjoy with These Two Projects!

Pat has a poem called “How to Say a Little Prayer” in The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog: and Other How-To Poems, a brand-new collection of poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko and illustrated by Richard Jones.

Lee & Low Book is reissuing A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés in paperback, on April 23. The book was originally published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2002.

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Alive: March 2019

So much snow this year in Santa Fe! How fortunate I feel safe and warm reading One Hundred Poems from the Chineseby Kenneth Rexroth.

“The city is full of flying pear flowers.”

I enjoy Penelope Lively’s Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived. All her wise and witty perceptions. How lucky I am to be a reader and to have access to books. Do you too savor that blessing? How it expands our lives and connects us across languages and countries. Diverse humans.

Across our country, educators—te...

2019 Tucson Festival of Books

Pat will be making several Sunday presentations at next weekend’s Tucson Festival of Books. We hope you can join us on Sunday, March 3:

WordJoy: Celebrating Poetry with Children
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Education Room 308
Explore ways of bringing the joy of poetry to children. Followed by a book signing from 12:30-1:00.

Tucson Voices
2:30-3:30 pm
Student Union Kiva
Tucson poets Sally Roundhouse, Logan Philips and Mele Martinez join with Pat in reading from Encantado: Desert Monologues. Followed by a...

Tomás and the Library Lady Chosen as a Featured Book for Choose to Read Ohio

The State Library of Ohio has announced that Tomás and the Library Lady has been selected as a featured book for the Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO) initiative for 2019 & 2020. CTRO, a project of the State Library of Ohio and the Ohioana Library, spotlights Ohio authors and illustrators and promotes reading across Ohio.

CTRO has created a readers’ toolkit for Tomás and the Library Lady, written by Kathy Halsey, which features discussion questions and activities for young readers, teachers, librari...