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October 31, 2014
Interview with the 2014 Mora Award Winner, Sioux Center Public Library
For the fourth year, I’m honored to interview the winner of the Estela and Raúl Mora Award on my blog. Congratulations to the Día team who answered my questions.
From the Sioux Center Public Library:
Ruth Mahaffy, Bilingual Services Director/Outreach/Circulation
Melissa Hassman, Bilingual Services Assistant/Outreach/Circulation
From the Sioux County Latina Health Coalition
(Coalición de Salud Latina de Sioux County):
Sandra Rosales and Vianey Garcia
Briefly introduce yourselves and your program.
Ruth...
October 29, 2014
Good news for Pat’s books
Yum! ¡Mmm! ¡Qué Rico! America’s Sproutings was featured in the Parents Press Bookshelf column called A Garden of Books for Aspiring Foodies.
Both Booklist and The Horn Book have given Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube good reviews. You can read them here.
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October 27, 2014
Reading Rock Stars visit
Pat & her daughter Libby had a wonderful time at their Reading Rock Stars visit to Ortega School in Austin Texas as part of the Texas Book Festival. The art teacher had students create art projects connected to books such as Pablo’s Tree. Students also created self-portraits after studying the art in I Pledge Allegiance.
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October 22, 2014
Visiting the Texas Book Festival
Pat and her daughter, co-author Libby Martinez, will be appearing at the Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX this weekend.
Saturday, October 25
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Children’s Read Me a Story Tent
13th & Colorado streets
Pat Mora and Libby will read selections from their book, I Pledge Allegiance.
12:00-1:00 p.m.
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
The Sanctuary at First United Methodist Church
1201 Lavaca, enter from Lavaca St.
In children’s literature, representation of all races and ethnicities is vital so that any child...
October 20, 2014
Sustaining friendships
Last weekend, I returned to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for its Centennial. When I was an undergraduate there, my mom drove me to the campus for my classes. Sounds so odd today. I am a UTEP graduate and subsequently taught there part-time, and eventually became an administrator there. During my administrator days, I received a letter from a young boy from Houston. Joseph and I became friends, and he’s now a UTEP professor. Sweet story. Dr. Joseph Rodríguez, my amigo who knows my...
October 15, 2014
REFORMA announces 2014 Mora Award winner: Sioux Center Public Library
REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, has announced that the Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center, IA) is the winner of the 2014 Estela and Raúl Mora Award for the most exemplary culminating celebration of El día de los niños, El día de los libros/Children’s Day, Book Day. The Mora award is presented annually in partnership with REFORMA.
It is the third year that with a special donation from Kay and Dan Moore, thr...
September 25, 2014
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
This month, libraries and schools across the country have created bulletin boards and book displays celebrating Hispanic authors and illustrators. Important as these displays and the media attention are, I encourage educators and librarians to include Latina/o authors and illustrators in displays and programs throughout the year. As with the literacy initiative Día (Children’s Day, Book Day/El día de los niños, El día de los libros), the goal is to connect all children to diverse books, langu...
September 17, 2014
Today is National Citizenship Day
Pat Mora talks about her aunt Lobo, the inspiration for her book I Pledge Allegiance, written with her daughter, Libby Martinez. The book is dedicated to Lobo’s memory and “to all new citizens of the United States.”
Video provided by WETV’s ¡Colorín Colorado!.
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September 9, 2014
Creativity Salon: An Interview with Diana Nunez
Diana, thank you for sending me the video you created based on the poem I wrote many years ago, “Legal Alien.” It’s the last poem in my first book, CHANTS. You are the first person on the Creativity Salon I haven’t met, so I have many questions. I want to mention that in the final scene of your video, we hear the Mexican National Anthem, yes? That makes me smile since my dear, dear aunt, whom we called Lobo and about whom I’ve written so much, new and sang verse after verse. It’s a sweet memo...
August 29, 2014
September: International & National Literacy Month
Día, a collaboration of national literacy organizations, presses and readers, creatively celebrates all our children, the importance of bookjoy in their lives, and promotes culminating April Children’s Day, Book Day celebrations. We encourage savoring books and sharing them throughout the year. Readers know that literacy transforms our lives and our families’ lives.
Although readers experience the usefulness and pleasure of reading, concerned about violence in our world and cities, we can need...
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