Pat Mora's Blog, page 51

Great titles for Women’s History Month

Explore these fascinating women:

Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés
Maria Paints the Hills

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Celebrate World Water Day

Water rolls
onto the shore
under the sun, under the moon.

El agua rueda
haia la orilla
bajo el sol, bajo la luna.

Poem and art from Water Rolls, Water Rises/
El agua rueda, el agua sube

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Interview with the newest Dia Dynamo, Pat Smith

In January we celebrated Pat Smith, the Executive Director of the Texas Library Association, as the newest Día Dynamo. With over 7,000 members, TLA is the largest state library association in the country. Pat has been an enthusiastic and loyal Día supporter for many years.

When and how did you become interested in sharing bookjoy?
Oh my, I’ve been passionate about literacy and multi-cultural, multi-generational programming since I first became a librarian. Through Día, libraries have a huge...

Our pledge of allegiance to young immigrants

We wanted to share a thoughtful opinion essay inspired by I Pledge Allegiance in The Monitor (Texas).

Pat Mora and her daughter and co-author Libby Martinez with some young fans in Texas.

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Rio Grande Valley Reading Rock Stars

Pat and her daughter Libby Martinez visited schools in South Texas as part of the Reading Rock Stars, a fantastic program of the Texas Book Festival that brings authors from around the country to present their books in schools along the Rio Grande Valley. The students were able to meet the authors and go home with an autographed copy of I Pledge Allegiance.

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Water Rolls, Water Rises is a 2015 Riverby Award winner

We’re happy to announce that Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube has been honored with a John Burroughs Riverby Award!

The award was established in 1988 and is named for the home of literary naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921). A pioneer of nature study, Burroughs was one of America’s most widely read authors at the turn of the 20th century. Recognizing Burroughs’ efforts to awaken interest in young naturalists, the Association selects books that present perceptive and arti...

Arte Público Press offers a Día discount

Thanks to Arte Público Press for again offering a discount on books purchased for Día events!

Details from their enewsletter:

Celebrate the 19th anniversary of Children’s Day/Book Day with our special 50% discount off books purchased for Día events!

This special offer applies to books ordered before April 30, 2015, for events celebrating El día de los niños/El día de los libros. For a complete listing of our children’s books, please review our Piñata Books for Children and Piñata Books for Young...

2015-2016 Tejas Star Reading List

Two of Pat’s books were selected for the 2015-2016 Tejas Star Reading List. The Tejas Star Reading List Task Force annually selects a recommended reading list of bilingual English/Spanish books or books written in Spanish from books published in the three years prior to the list being published.

Congratulations to Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo! and Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube!

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Art from the marvelous Meilo So

Meilo So’s illustrations from Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube have garnered a lot of praise!

The Christian Science Monitor showcases some interior pictures in this online photo gallery.

More pictures and a nice article can be found on this heflinreps blog post.

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Happy Lunar New Year!

Think good thoughts all day to set the right tone for the new year.

Pat

Illustration by Domi, from The Night the Moon Fell

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