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Literacy Nights at the Public Library

Anne Kissinger of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System wrote about "Literacy Nights at the Public Library" on this week's ALSC list-serv. We liked this idea so much we wanted to share it.
The Wauwatosa Public Library, a member of MCFLS, held two literacy nights each with a different approach. The first, for adults, was a summer reading promotion and included
communication, research, vocabulary games, book talks, story telling, library support and library programs. Kissinger credits th...

A New Día Dynamo

Exciting Reminder: April 2011 is Día's 15th Anniversary! Some of you have been members of what I think of as the National Día Community from the beginning and some of you are deciding to join us now in linking all children to books, languages and cultures. As part of the celebration, by April 1, I'm going to honor 15 Día Dynamos, adding one a month. How special to add Rose Treviño.


At the end of April, my friend Rose died. I'd met her years ago thanks to our mutual friend Oralia Garza de Corté...

Bookjoy in Action

Jane Gagni, Ph.D. shares a wonderful Bookjoy story:
 "This semester I took my undergrads into a mostly Hispanic fifth grade. Part of what we did was choral reading. I gave the children a choice of which language they wanted to read, and they mostly chose Spanish, which was made even more fun when three of my undergrads also performed the Spanish version.

When we finished I asked, "What was that like?" A girl answered, "It was like living in a dream of music."

Jane is an Associate Professor and ...

Literacy News

We're catching up on some literacy related news that we didn't get to last month. Reach Out and Read, the non-profit, national initiative that fosters reading readiness as a crucial element of school success, launched a Spanish-language version  of its website in mid-April. The ROR program already serves Latino children and families, and 86% of programs serve families for whom Spanish is their first language. The new website offers a multitude of resources including reading tips, recommended ...

Movers & Shakers Serving Young People & Teens

We postponed writing about the 2010 Movers and Shakers because of Díapalooza but didn't want any more time to lapse before noting all the creative and forward-thinking librarians on this annual list compiled by Library Journal from field nominations. Congratulations to all the Movers and Shakers 2010!

Many of the names on this year's list are doing marvelous work for children and teens in libraries -- grass roots teen literacy, grant writing to improve services, state-wide preschool literacy,...

Happy Día Everyone!

¡Gracias, gracias, gracias! What a Díapalooza we've had this month!
Thanks to each of you who sent us posts and to all who visited our bookjoy blog. Yea to the librarians, teachers, parents, community organizations and sponsors who planned meaningful Día events that celebrated children and demonstrated that family literacy is FUN. Thanks also to ALSC and REFORMA, my Día partners.

A special thanks to Laurina Cashin who gathers material and helps design the blog. Since Laurina and Bobbie Combs, ...

Día in Tucson

We planned on attending Día events in Tucson since we spent the winter there, but plans changed and we headed east sooner than expected. I'd hoped to post photos from our local Día.
Join the Pima County Public Library in its 13th annual celebration of Día! We will have a variety of programs throughout April that are sure to bring lots of Bookjoy:


• The Santa Rosa Branch will have a series of 3 programs where children will write, illustrate and "publish" their own stories to take home and enjoy...

Broward County FL Celebrates Día

Broward County Commission Libraries Division Celebrates Día with Children's BookFest on April 24th
BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Broward County Library's Children's Bookfest is slated for Saturday, April 24, 2010, at North Regional/BC Library, 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This free festival, which celebrates children and their books, is geared for youngsters ages 3 to ten and their families.
Children's BookFest is held in recognition of Día de los niños/Día de l...

A Día Wordle

We had fun creating this Día Wordle. You can make your own word cloud at the Wordle website.

Día in School Libraries

My library will be participating in Día de los Ninos/Day of the Child. We will be celebrating by having the students do their artwork depicting reading and literacy. It will be an on going process throughout the month of April, with the finished products to be displayed on Friday, April 30th. Paperback books will be given to the participants.

Thanks to our guest blogger Linda Hinojosa, Librarian at Buckner Elementary in Pharr, Texas. We're happy that school libraries are holding Día celebrati...