Last year, to celebrate Día’s 15th Anniversary, my web team and I created a down-loadable booklet, Pat Mora’s Idea Booklet for a Día Year, DÍA as in Delight in celebrating children, Imagine your community strengthened by reading families, Affirm the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Día Reflections
How I wish that the many Día supporters across the country could have been with us for the Día celebration session at ALA’s annual conference in New Orleans last month. Below you’ll see the delicious cake. My thanks to ALSC, … Continue reading
Day by day, día por día Let’s unite our energies, knowledge, and diverse skills, unleashing our creativity, adding our individual zing to sharing bookjoy and creating a nation of readers. I’m posting a Reflection each day during April in honor … Continue reading
Today I am at the Valencia Library in Tucson. My thanks to ALSC that sponsored my visit to the city in which the Día idea came to me. I remember the moment at the University of Arizona campus so clearly … Continue reading
Day by day, día por día Let’s boldly plan together for Día’s 20th Anniversary expanding Día’s impact and thus uniting our too-often divided country, uniting for the well-being of all our children. I’m posting a Reflection each day during April … Continue reading
Day by day, día por día Let’s rejoice that Día, this family literacy initiative that works to honor children and to connect them to books, languages and cultures, has grown for 15 years and continues to grow and flourish. I’m … Continue reading
Day by day, día por día Let’s gather together when possible to re-excite one another about Día’s potential to enrich lives and strengthen families and communities. I’m posting a Reflection each day during April in honor of Dia’s 15th Anniversary. … Continue reading
Day by day, día por día Let’s collaborate: honor the perspectives we each bring, listen with open hearts and minds, respect our varying styles and unite for the well-being and future of our children, our nation’s future. I’m posting a … Continue reading