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Día in Seattle

Invite a local celebrity to celebrate your Día! Whether it's a politician, broadcaster, athlete or a popular business owner, he or she can help draw families and enliven your event, as well as underscore the value of reading and culture. Ask your celebrity to read aloud from a childhood favorite or their kids' favorite bedtime story. Invite them to talk about the importance of reading and libraries in their lives. Create a display of their favorite books, or biographies about them if availabl...

Share Día with Lee & Low Books

Happy Día! On Lee and Low's web site and blog, we celebrate books and kids every day. We have activities to add an extra level of fun and classroom guides to add an extra level of exploration. Our Booktalks bring readers into the processes as we discuss books with their authors and illustrators. Plus, we think books are to be shared—we share the experience of reading in discussions on The Open Book, from favorite covers to favorite puncuation and whatever else strikes our fancy.

Share Díawith Lee & Low Books

Happy Día! On Lee & Low's web site and blog, we celebrate books and kids every day. We have activities to add an extra level of fun and classroom guides to add an extra level of exploration. Our Booktalks bring readers into the processes as we discuss books with their authors and illustrators. Plus, we think books are to be shared—we share the experience of reading in discussions on The Open Book, from favorite coversfavorite covers to favorite puncuation and whatever else strikes our fancy.

Literacy Quote of the Week

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.~ Chinese proverb ~

NCTE Supports Día

At its annual business meeting held in November 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) adopted a resolution in support of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day.) Since then, NCTE has increased awareness and programming to support culturally and linguistically diverse literacy activities at home, in school, and in the community for more successful readers. The photos highlight some of the NCTE supported activities hosted...

Comments Contest Winners

We have some Comments Contest winners but no way to reach them. Would everyone who commented on the blog since April 6 send an email to webcontact@patmora.com. Then we can notify you and get your address. Thanks!

Elgin IL celebrates Día

Last April we had a wonderful El día de los niños, El día de los libros/Children's Day, Book Day celebration using Music as our theme. We presented a puppet show and invited the McKinley School Folklore Dancers and the Grupo Luz de Ande, all local residents, to perform. Everyone had a great time! Attached are pictures from the program.



Thanks to our guest blogger Tina Birkholz, Coordinator of Hispanic Family Services at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, IL.

Pat Celebrates Día in Galveston TX

I hope that you are enjoying all the Díapalooza posts as much as I am. Although I cherish the Santa Fe quiet to do my writing, I derive great energy from visiting exciting literacy and literature events. On April 3, I was in Galveston for the Rosenberg Library's first Día celebration. Congratulations to Children's Librarian Karen Stanley and to the staff and local teachers who helped create a day that included a treasure hunt in the library (to acquaint children and families with the...

Poetry, Por Favor!

April is Poetry Month, but did you know that this is Young Peoples' Poetry Week ? In honor of this week that celebrates all that poetry has to bring to children and teens, we asked poetry advocate, Sylvia Vardell, for a post.

I'd like to highlight the power of poetry for inviting kids into the music of language—the rhythm, rhyme, and sounds of words. Very young kids will love Fiesta Babies (Tricycle Press, 2010) by Carmen Tafolla, with bouncy folk art illustrations by Amy Córdova. A rhyming co...

It's National Library Week!

It's National  Library Week! We salute Día's national home, the Association of Library Service for Children (ALSC), a Division of the American Library Association.

Register Now for Complimentary Día Brochures!

Celebrate! Celebremos! Join colleagues across the country as libraries nationwide celebrate El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day). Held annually on April 30, Día promotes the importance of advocating literacy for every child, regardless of linguistic and cult...