This year, Pat will be an in-person guest at the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poetry Day event on Saturday, May 14 from 1-4pm Central Time. The event will be held at: The Poetry Foundation 61 W Superior Street Chicago, Illinois … Continue reading →
Thanks so much to each of you who helped promote: Children’s Day, Book Day (CDBD) El día de los niños, El día de los libros (Día) this April. CDBD/Día is a daily initiative to grow a nation of book lovers. … Continue reading →
El Paso, Pat’s Hometown, Celebrates Their 26th Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros on April 30 The celebration is a partnership between El Paso Public Library and Parks and Recreation. It involves hundreds of local organizations and sponsors … Continue reading →
In the bilingual picture book The Remembering Day/El día de los muertos, Pat created an origin myth in which she imagined how the Mexican custom of remembering deceased loved ones came to be. Day of the Dead (El día de … Continue reading →
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. Celebrate reading Tomás and the Library Lady at home, school or your library. Based on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera, a child of migrant workers who went on … Continue reading →
