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A New Día Video for Sharing

Please share this video with your networks to help them quickly understand what Día is all about!

Children’s Day, Book Day

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Celebrate Día with First Book!

Thanks to the enthusiasm of Día Dynamo Roxanna Barillas, Día partner First Book continues to support and promote Día, working within their own network and partnering with other organizations. Gracias, First Book!

Celebrating Día

Explore the Día resource page on the First Book website. Visit the Día shop to find discover books for your celebration that depict and celebrate diverse characters and experiences. Find books paired with tip sheets to celebrate Latino culture. Fundraise for your Día...

Día Grant Winners from CSMCL

Día partner Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) is pleased to announce the two winners of their 2017 Día Grant with an African American Focus. The 2017 winners are Alturas International Academy Library in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Quinby Street Resource Center Library in Sharon, Pennsylvania.

Alturas International Academy Library’s Día event theme is: “Beauty in the World: Celebrating Día.” Students will spend three weeks researching notable figures, primarily A...

Día at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

It’s National Library Week, a perfect time to say “cheers” to Día Dynamo Meryle Leonard, Outreach Manager at the Mora Award-winning Public Library of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, who sent us a note about their upcoming Día celebration!

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April Means Día at ALSC!

The Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) provides many Día resources on their website and Facebook page, including:

Building STEAM with Día booklists Coloring and activity sheets to download White Paper: The Importance of Diversity in Library Programs and Material Collections for Children Día Publicity Tool Kit

Don’t forget to add your Día programs to the ALSC Program Registry!

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Día at Multnomah County Library

Thank you to Día Dynamo Ana Ruiz Morillo for sending us this information about the upcoming Children’s Day, Book Day celebration at the Multnomah County Library!

Día de los Niños y Día de los Libros
An event for the whole family to celebrate children and bilingual literacy. Families will enjoy music, stories, books, fun STEM activities, and educational crafts. Each child in attendance will receive a free book. Books include multiple titles from the 2017 ALSC Notable Children’s books including...

April 2 is International Children’s Book Day

“Let Us Grow With the Book” is the theme of this year’s International Children’s Book Day, celebrated each year on Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, April 2 by Día partner USBBY/IBBY.

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Welcome to our 8th annual Díapalooza!

As May is an exciting month for celebrating moms, and June is an exciting month for celebrating dads, APRIL is an exciting month for celebrating all our children–all cultures, all languages.

Join us and encourage your colleagues locally and across the country to join us too. Support your schools and libraries and all who serve children to plan their annual Children’s Day, Book Day celebration on or near April 30th. Families are our essential partners. Remember: we celebrate our young and conn...

Celebrate the Beauty of Water and Poetry

March 21 is World Poetry Day, and March 22 is World Water Day.

Celebrate both by sharing Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube! The publisher, Lee & Low Books, has also made an excellent educator’s guide available.

Illustration by Meilo So from Water Rolls, Water Rises.

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Pause to celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8

International Women’s Day means different things to different people, but the global focus on equality and celebration is clear. It was started by the Suffragettes in the early 1900’s and continues to be a powerful platform globally that unifies tenacity and drives action for gender parity, while celebrating the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women.

"The men of the household are adored, feared, and revered, but it is the women who hold things together; their worries,...