Dear Valentines,
Since I love plants, every visit to Cincinnati where my husband teaches means a visit to the lovely Krohn Conservatory. Ah, we recently enjoyed the sweet & welcome scents of spring flowers. And isn’t this agave americana majestic? Nature’s wonders in various terrains.
Wishing you sweets & smiles, dear valentines.
Pat
In late January the Texas State Library & Archives hosted a webinar featuring Pat Mora and Mark Smith, Director and Librarian of the Texas State Library. The two had a lively discussion about celebrating Día, sharing their thoughts on how libraries can celebrate children and connect them to the world of learning through books and stories. See the video below, or you can visit the webinar site and choose “login as a guest” for additional course materials.
Pat is honored to have been chosen to give the Arbuthnot lecture on April 15, 2016 at the Santa Barbara Public Library System in Santa Barbara, CA.
Since 1970, the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) a division of the American Library Association (ALA) has recognized a career contribution to children’s literature by selecting an individual to write and deliver the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, a talk that makes a significant scholarly contribution to the field of children’s literature. The lecturer may be an “author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature, of any country.” The Arbuthnot Lecture Committee selects someone from a list of nominations, a process currently completed in January 15 to 18 months before the event. For more information, visit http://www.ala.org/alsc/arbuthnot.
At ALA Midwinter, Cinco Puntos publisher Lee Byrd, Pat and author Claudia Guadalupe Martinez had a lively conversation about books, poetry and culture.
The talk was part of Cinco Puntos’ new web series, Pan Dulce, which pairs writers from two different indie presses in a lively discussions of their lives, loves, and books in the time it takes to drink some coffee and eat a sweet bread.
I am deeply grateful to the Arbuthnot Committee for this unexpected honor. I am excited about preparing a presentation that will challenge us all to be irrepressible bookjoy advocates for all our children.
