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Literacy all month long

April is packed with days and weeks honoring literature, literacy, libraries and young children and we'll be mentioning them this week. Look for ways you can support Día's goals when planning for these other events.

Today is D.E.A.R. Day -- Drop Everything and Read! It seems only fitting that we would schedule a post from Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon.









Multnomah County Library staff shares bookjoy with this awesome double sided bilingual reading board.

During our Día de los Niñ...

Literacy Quote of the Week

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
~ Hazel Rochman ~

Share a Book

Random House Children's Books is proud to be a supporter of El día de los niños/El día de los libros, a day of celebrating children and books! As our country grows increasingly more diverse in language and culture, this kind of celebration is more vital than ever. Share a book with a child that you care about.

 

Click here to download the pdf.


Thanks to Random House Children's Books and guest blogger Adrienne Waintraub for their support.

Cooking in the Garden: Literacy-based Activities

Flo Trujillo, Youth Services Coordinator at the Farmington Public Library (NM) shared some of the fun, creative literacy-based activities she has planned for her Dia Tailgate Party. Flo is an avid supportor of Día and our first Día Dynamos (formerly Día Champions.)

Decorate a Paper Apron
"Pop Open a Good Book" Select a favorite "food" book (see examples below) and decorate your paper apron to display the book. Select from the collage materials or draw your own design.
Stone Soup
In the Night...

Día in San Francisco

Gazel Valdez, Event Coordinator for Día de los Niños/Día de Los Libros in San Francisco sent us this post and photos. The San Francisco Public Library was a 2009 Mora Award winner.

The pictures are a mix from previous Día de los Niños/Día de Los Libros celebrations. The quotes came from participating parents that we talk to during past events as well as written feedback they gave us, and do not refer to the adjacent image. The performances represented are, The Magical Moonshine Theatre and a l...

A View of Dia: Past, Present and Future

We asked Oralia Garza de Cortés to write about her role in Dia's history, her work with Día California, and her dreams for Dia's future.

PASTIt was the mid nineties, Bill Clinton was our President, and the Spanish sociologist and prolific author and scholar Manuel Castells had just authored the first of his three volume Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture (1996), coining the term 'fourth world' to refer to pockets of communities in first world countries, places like the barrios and ...

Comments Contest

Everyone who comments this week on any Diapalooza post thus far will have a chance to win a signed copy of Pat's Book Fiesta! or posters from Tricycle Press featuring Día. It's easy to comment -- just click the word "comments" at the end of a post. We'd love to hear from you!


Many thanks  to HarperCollins and Tricycle Press for their support of Día and our Díapalooza.

New Book about Día from ALA Editions

It's hard to believe that it's been almost fifteen years since Pat started talking about Dia. I still remember her telling me about her idea and my response that the Texas State Library would be happy to help promote this fabulous celebration. Why? Because linking books and children is important but it's also fun! My staff and I put together a little booklet of ideas for librarians to use in developing a Dia celebration. I talked my artistic husband into creating a logo for the cover. That...

An Interview with Raphael López

Today we're featuring a reprise of an interview with Raphael López, the illustrator of Book Fiesta!, Pat's book about Día. The original interview was done in March 2009.

An interview with Rafael López

Rafael López illustrated Pat's book Yum! ¡Mmm! ¡Qué Rico! America's Sproutings. Pat feels very lucky that he has now illustrated two of her books. We love his bold graphic style, bursting with imagination and intense color. We asked him a few questions about his work.

Tell us how you got started...

Día in El Paso

Greetings from the El Paso Public Library! We are presently in the planning phase of our annual Día de los Niños / Día de los Libros celebration to be held Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Washington Park in Central El Paso, Texas. This year will mark our 14th anniversary and we are expecting to give away over 15,000 new books to area children and their families. Our theme for this year's celebration is Rock & Read! And our special guest is Dora The Explorer!

Please join the El Paso Public Library ...