During April, we share bookjoy for Children’s Day, Book Day, a yearlong initiative that culminates annually with celebrations every April 30. This year we’re focusing on sharing bookjoy at home, and because April is also National Poetry Month, we wanted … Continue reading →
This is a challenging year for all including those of us committed to children and fostering bookjoy for each of them. Children’s Day, Book Day, a yearlong initiative, culminates annually with celebrations April 30. During April, we have what we … Continue reading →
In the Coming Year, Let’s… Nurture our creative selves. Cherish family and friends, laughing with them often. Savor and share the earth’s beauty, the wealth of diverse cultures and languages, the wonder of art, and bookjoy. Participate in growing a … Continue reading →
Hi Girls and Boys, I hope you enjoyed a good summer and that reading good books was part of the fun. I feel so lucky to be a reader and to have public libraries I can visit. I also feel … Continue reading →
Stubborn mountain, rock anchor, you grew from cuentos carried at night in the wind’s dry hands, seed pebbles that became your wide-hipped, unmovable contours, curves where finches and secretive spiders nest. Poet of ancient seas and baritone fossils, of trilobites … Continue reading →
My daughter Libby Martinez and I wrote PLEDGE, inspired by our aunt Ygnacia Delgado, whom my siblings and I (and our children) called Lobo. In this book, Libby asks Lobo why she wants to be a citizen. Lobo answers, “The … Continue reading →
Although I didn’t really get to know my grandfathers, I’ve enjoyed writing about grandfathers/abuelos. I had a fabulous dad, though, and treasure the many years we had with him, wonderful memories. Pat
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