When we first started celebrating El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day in 1996, we focused on April 30th, El Día del niño in Mexico, the observance that inspired me to promote celebrating children and … Continue reading →
Recent news items about Día: “Día at Discovery – A Sweet 16 Celebration of Children’s Day, Book Day” (The Venture) Writers in the Schools Students to Read with Pat Mora at Dia (Writers in the Schools blog) Día de los Niños celebrated … Continue reading →
I’m delighted to share an alphabet of twenty-six nouns that matter to all of us who work to connect all children to books, languages and cultures. I’m grateful to my Día partner Laurina Cashin who worked closely with our creative … Continue reading →
Throughout this month’s Díapalooza, we’re featuring brief videos of some of the Día Author and Illustrator Ambassadors reading from their books. Today we have a double feature! First, author, storyteller and librarian Lucia Gonzalez, and next author and illustrator, Duncan Tonatiuh. Lucia Gonzalez … Continue reading →
Dr. Jamie Cambell Naidoo, Assistant & Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor, School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alabama is our first Día Dynamo professor. It’s exciting to see a young academic, a staunch Día supporter, teaching through his example on his … Continue reading →
