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Today's Día Reflection

Day by day, día por día.
Let's attend and support an annual Día celebration and experience the joy of honoring children and of linking children and families to books.
I'm posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia's 15th Anniversary. All thirty Reflections will be available as a downloadable pdf at the end of the month.

For many years, Jeanette Larson has been helping Día grow...

For many years, Jeanette Larson has been helping Día grow, and now she has completed El día de los ninos/El día de los libros: Building a Culture of Literacy in Your Community Through Día, published by ALA Editions.  Gracias, Jeanette.

Today's Día Reflection

Day by day, día por día.
Let's reach out to new partners including elected officials, school administrators and faculty preparing future librarians and teachers.
I'm posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia's 15th Anniversary. All thirty Reflections will be available as a downloadable pdf at the end of the month.

Today's Día Reflection

Day by day, día por día.
Let's explore new ways to share what we've learned or are trying to implement.
I'm posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia's 15th Anniversary. All thirty Reflections will be available as a downloadable pdf at the end of the month.

Today's Día Reflection

Day by day, día por día.
Let's learn together to be more compelling in articulating the importance and relevance of our goals to our various communities.
I'm posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia's 15th Anniversary. All thirty Reflections will be available as a downloadable pdf at the end of the month.

15 Día Nuggets: #12 Día Literacy Games

To assist those of you planning Día celebrations at your schools, libraries, etc., we're sharing 15 Día Nuggets, 15 lists of 15 items to assist you in your planning. This month during our second Díapalooza, we'll finish with Nuggets 11, 12, and 13; showcase the 15 Día Dynamos, and share Bookjoy quotes from kids, our final Nugget.


All 15 Nuggets are available as completed on Pat's web site, individually and as a single downloadable packet.

15 Día Nuggets for Día's 15th Anniversary#12 Día Literacy Games
Winners receive books, of course.


1. Book Bingo
2. Book games based on games from other countries such as a book lotería
3. Book Walk rather than Cake Walk
4. Piñata celebration adding a book connection
5. Charades using book titles or familiar book characters
6. Día–themed word search or crossword puzzles
7. Book-themed scavenger/treasure hunt
8. Matching games using book covers
9. Name the Story or Name the Character based on a series of clues or from passages from various books
10. Snag a Book: game using an extended grabber for book prizes
11. Who's the Villain: (safe) dart game in which the target is a picture of different "villains" in children's books
12. Name the Famous Characters: identify children's book characters on a poster
13. Wheel of Fortune with book connection: Land on a villain and lose points
14. Tape Your Book in the Book Return: like Pin the Tail on the Donkey but blind-folded children tape the book cover they created on a book return image
15. Timed word-making contest: Children and families race to make as many words as possible from Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children's Day, Book Day/ Celebremos El día de los niños, El día de los libros

Today's Día Reflection

Day by day, día por día.
Let's affirm home languages and diverse cultures.

I'm posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia's 15th Anniversary. All thirty Reflections will be available as a downloadable pdf at the end of the month.

Día in Albuquerque

Throughout this month, we'll post news about Día festivities across the country. Albuquerque Bernalillo County Libraries has planned many events over several days.



Riann Powell, Cultural Activities Coordinator for the ABC Libraries provided this information:

We are excited to be participating again by providing 17 events from April 16-30. The events include:


• Bilingual (Spanish & English) storytelling


• Storytelling in the traditional Native American style using sign language


• African Dance & Drumming


• Interactive & hands on sessions from the Natural History Museum


• A PBS/KNME sponsored event featuring characters from the show Super Why

At the end of each program each student will receive a book of their very own to take home and keep. We will also be handing out bilingual family storytelling activity placemats that were created by an organization that encourages families to eat and interact together.

Riann was recently promoted and her successor will be responsible for Día. She says "Working on Día has been one of the big highlights of my career with the libraries – we've been able to grow it so much over the years and I love what it has evolved in to. We're very lucky to have an endowment for Día through our Friends for the Library which enables us to put on quality programs and ensures that the libraries will continue special programming for years to come."

Día in Albuquerque

Throughout this month, we'll post news about Día  festivities across the country. Albuquerque Bernalillo County Libraries has planned many events over several days.

Riann Powell, Cultural Activities Coordinator for the ABC Libraries provided this information:

We are excited to be participating again by providing 17 events from April 16-30. The events include:Working on Día has been one of the big highlights of my career with the libraries – we've been able to grow it so much over the years and I love what it has evolved in to.  We're very lucky to have an endowment for Día through our Friends for the Library which enables us to put on quality programs and ensures that the libraries will continue special programming for years to come."

• Bilingual (Spanish & English) storytelling
• Storytelling in the traditional Native American style using sign language
• African Dance & Drumming
• Interactive & hands on sessions from the Natural History Museum
• A PBS/KNME sponsored event featuring characters from the show Super Why

At the end of each program each student will receive a book of their very own to take home and keep. We will also be handing out bilingual family storytelling activity placemats that were created by an organization that encourages families to eat and interact together.


Riann was recently promoted and her successor will be responsible for Día. She says "

Today's Día Reflection

Day by day, día por día
Let's learn what other Día advocates have shared and discovered.
I'm posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia's 15th Anniversary. All thirty Reflections will be available as a downloadable pdf at the end of the month.