Today’s the Day!
Happy El día de los niños /El día de los libros, Children’s Day / Book Day! Wishing you all a day of Bookjoy!
Continue reading →Monthly Archives: April 2009
Día in the Blogisphere
We’re thrilled to see Día mentioned in various blogs about children’s literature and literacy. Thank you to the bloggers for supporting and spreading the word about Dia. Imagínense Libros is one part of ¡Imagínense!, a multifaceted program combining current research … Continue reading →
NPR airs Día segment
The NPR program,Latino USA, features a segment about Día on this week’s program. They asked listeners to send in stories about their experiences with books, libraries, teachers, or learning. Click here to read and listen to great stories about librarians … Continue reading →
Día’s First Song and Book Fiesta’s History
In Día’s early days, my friend, Jeanette Larson, an early Día supporter then at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, mentioned that we needed some materials to help promote the Día concept. She offered to produce a booklet and … Continue reading →
Exciting Día News!
Wow! ALSC now has over 400 Día events registered at their Día web page. We encourage all Día event organizers to post their events at the Día Celebrations page on the ALA website. The Día countdown is 8 days!
Continue reading →Día News
April is a busy literacy month. I had the good fortune to attend the ever-exciting Texas Library Association (TLA) conference recently in Houston. It is so gratifying to hear the growing interest in serving Latino students and families. Even I’m … Continue reading →
NoveList Interview
In the recent issue of NoveList School News,edited by Julie Corsaro, Pat discusses the evolution of Día, as well as Book Fiesta!, her new bilingual picture book commemoration. Read the interview here.
Continue reading →Share a Story/ Shape a Future
Back in March, a group of Kidlitosphere bloggers presented a week long online literacy event called Share a Story/ Shape a Future. In addition to a Literacy Resource Kit, (available as a pdf) there’s now also a dedicated blog. Check … Continue reading →