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In the coming year…

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Best Multicultural Books of 2014 from CSMCL

The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) has chosen the Best Multicultural Books of 2014 – please share these with children and families.

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Celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day

A note from Pat on the importance of this religious and cultural tradition for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans:

Feast days are like birthdays or anniversaries. They are occasions to remember an event in the past and sometimes to honor someone. Recently, I saw a program that showed images of processions and celebrations on Dec. 12 as the beginning of the holiday season in the Southwest that for Catholics ends on Jan. 6th, the Feast of the Three Kings or Epiphany. Along with the Mexican flag, Our...

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Friday, December 12th is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Celebrate in the classroom by sharing Pat’s book with your students: The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish edition: La hermosa Señora: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe).

Book activities:

After sharing the book, join students in making paper flowers. Sample instructions are here.

Share two to three books of other cultural stories/legends. Invite students to share a story from their culture.

Invite students to create art (drawings...

An amazing literacy initiative in India

Be inspired by an amazing woman and an amazing literacy initiative in India.

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Día celebrations video

We’ve updated our video of Día celebrations to include 2014 – enjoy!

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Visit with Pat at the NCTE conference

Here is Pat’s schedule for next weekend’s NCTE conference just outside Washington, D.C.



Friday, Nov. 21st

11:00-12:15

El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros: Planning, Funding, and Implementing Your Winning Celebration of Kids, Culture, and Books. http://center.uoregon.edu/NCTE/2014AnnualConvention/program/session_details.php?sessionid=2019885

Gaylord National Resort, Chesapeake D/E/F

Pat will be signing:

1:00-2:00 p.m., Random House, booth #612

2:00-3:00 p.m., Groundwood Books, booth #212

3:00-4:0...

November is National Family Literacy Month

It’s National Family Literacy Month, brought to us by The National Center for Families Learning, whose mission fits nicely with that of Día!

Download our poster:

Growing a Nation of Readers:

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2015 Día National Program Registry is now open

The ALSC’s Día National Program Registry is now open for 2015, and ALSC is inviting libraries to begin registering their upcoming programs. By using the national registry, libraries help build a searchable database that showcases all types and sizes of library programs that highlight Diversity In Action.

Each registered event is given its own unique webpage allowing for libraries to share information about their Día program on their own website and through their social media outlets. Families...

The Remembering Day: Día de los muertos

Although Pat loves Mexican folk art and has collected some wonderful Día de los muertos, Day of the Dead figures, she felt that the deeper concept of remembering our loved ones wasn’t always being shared with children in a way that they could understand. Watch for next year’s Día de los Muertos surprise: a book from Pat about the origins of the day,

The Remembering Day: El día de los muertos, illustrated by Robert Casilla and published by Arte Público Press.

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