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April 18, 2022
April Programs for 2022 Children’s Day, Book Day
El Paso, Pat’s Hometown, Celebrates Their 26th Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros on April 30
The celebration is a partnership between El Paso Public Library and Parks and Recreation. It involves hundreds of local organizations and sponsors and is supported by a broad-based alliance of children, parents, public servants and other citizens as well as commercial and non-commercial interests. It is the largest and most successful literacy celebration of its type in the Southwest. Find out more on ...
April 6, 2022
April Poetry Celebrations
Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poetry Day
This year, Pat will be an in-person guest at the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poetry Day event on Friday, April 8 from 12-12:45pm Mountain Time. The event will be held at:
The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior Street
Chicago, Illinois
Find out more or register here.
Lee & Low Webinar: The Power of Poetry with Poet and Storyteller Pat Mora
The webinar featured tips and strategies about how to use poetry with students in various educational settin...
March 31, 2022
Children’s Day, Book Day: 26 Years
April 30th 2022 is the 26th Anniversary of the national year-long literacy initiative Children’s Day, Book Day (CDBD). Every child in the U.S. learns English, and this initiative strives to inspire all our children and their families to be readers.
Twenty-six years ago, I first heard of the Mexican tradition of celebrating April 30th as El día del niño, the Day of the Child. I immediately thought: why don’t we celebrate Children’s Day in our country? AND, let’s link that tradition to readi...
March 27, 2022
Art by Students
I am so fortunate to know Teacher Librarian Mackie Fritzmeier at Steck Elementary School, Denver Public Schools. Mackie and I met when she was with the Santa Fe Public Schools and hosted an amazing Children’s Day, Book Day celebration. (Annually, such culminating celebrations of children as readers are held across the country on or near April 30th, or a convenient day near that.)
Recently, Mackie sent me a box of art by her younger students in Denver. Page after page, I enjoyed the students’ art...
March 17, 2022
February 17, 2022
A Webinar from Lee & Low Books: The Power of Poetry with Poet and Storyteller Pat Mora
Does your poetry collection need a refresh? Are you looking for ways to entice readers with lively poetry this spring? Do you love poetry, but are cautious about how to teach it in ways that will resonate with students?
Just in time for Poetry Month in April, Lee & Low books is presenting a webinar featuring tips and strategies from Pat about how to use poetry with students in various educational settings. Dive into creative ways to make poetry fun and engaging for young people, not just during ...
February 13, 2022
February 9, 2022
Celebrating Bookjoy with Ashley Bryan
In 2013, IBBY/USBBY created this poster for International Children’s Book Day.
What an honor to have Ashley Bryan illustrate my words.
He was a gifted giant in children’s books.
Ashley was always generous. I carry his smile.
Pat
February 2, 2022
Black History Month
I have been re-reading Nikki Giovanni’s autobiographical essays, Sacred Cows…and Other Edibles. I think I had the pleasure of seeing her jump up on a cafeteria table at UT El Paso years ago to begin a reading. Such a feisty spirit.
In the past, I had the pleasure of reading with Gwendolyn Brooks, Sonia Sanchez, and expressing a teary thanks to Lucille Clifton before we read together. Such an honor to read with these poets. Nikki Giovanni ends Sacred Cows with the following, “It is the willingne...
January 4, 2022
The Feast of the Epiphany, January 6
More widely celebrated in Latin America than in the United States, the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as Three Kings’ Day or Los Tres Reyes, marks the the arrival of the Magi symbolizing that the Christ Child was revealed to the world. The tradition of making (or buying) a Three Kings’ Wreath or rosca de reyes inspired my book, The Bakery Lady: La señora de la panadería. I wrote it to show a close Mexican-American family celebrating this tradition by baking together. I am blessed to have kn...
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