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Children’s Books about Sharing Bookjoy

Last year a list of books about sharing bookjoy was included in Pat’s Día planning booklet. Here are additional titles that are exemplary of bookjoy. Most were published this past year and are picture books, both fiction and nonfiction; one title (Year of the Book) is a chapter book for young readers. Do you have suggestions for other titles? Leave them in the comments or email lcashin (at) patmora (dot) com. Share bookjoy all year long!

BookSpeak! Poems about Books. Written by Laurie Purdie Salas, illustrated by Joseé Bisaillon, Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I Am the Book. Poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Yani, Holiday House

The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, Philomel/Penguin

Library Lily. Written by Gillian Shields and illustrated by Francesca Chessa, Eerdmans

Lola reads to Leo. Written by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw, Charlesbridge

My Librarian is a Camel. Written by Margriet Ruurs, Boyds Mill Press

Otto the Book Bear. Written and illustrated by Katie Cleminson, Hyperion/Disney

Words Set Me Free: the Story of Young Frederick Douglas. Written by Lisa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome, Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster

What Are You Doing? Written by Elisa Amado and illustrated by Manuel Monroy, Groundwood

Year of the Book. Written by Andrea Cheng and illustrated by Abigail Halpin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Post written by Laurina Cashin, consultant with We Love Children’s Books.

Uma Krishnaswami Reads for Día

Throughout this month’s Díapalooza we’re showing brief videos of some of the Día Author and Illustrator Ambassadors reading aloud. They’ve created these videos especially for Díapalooza. Today Uma Krishnaswami reads from her new book Out of the Way! Out of the Way!

Uma, thank you for your support of Día and for being a Día Author and Illustrator Ambassador!

Día Advocates A – ZING!

I enjoyed creating a Día alphabet for all the dedicated Día advocates hosting Día celebrations this month. I chose 26 nouns that matter to our Día National Community. Below is a sneak peek. At the end of the month, we’ll post the complete alphabet as a designed poster, ready to download, print, display on your bulletin board or wall. It will also be fun to share.

Advocacy–for us, sharing bookjoy–is hard work that requires dogged persistence. Advocacy with energetic and creative partners is also fun. We reap surprising rewards. I hope that when you see the finished alphabet and read its words, you’ll smile and feel part of our growing national community taking continued action in support of El día de los niños, el día de los libros/Children’s Day, Book Day.

A Advocacy

B Bookjoy

C Community

D Diversity

E Energy

F Family

G Goals

H Humor

I Innovation

Celebrating Día 2012

Thank you to today’s guest blogger, Lise Tewes, Children’s Services Coordinator at Erlanger Branch, Kenton County Public Library, KY. Lise was named a Día Dynamo in 2011.

I am fortunate to have been mentored by a wonderful Children’s Librarian, Sara Howrey, who really set the bar and got the ball rolling for Día celebrations in the Greater Cincinnati area. Sara’s vision, which included partnerships with up to 7 different library systems and even more community partners, still drives our celebrations today, although on a somewhat smaller scale.

Our Día celebration this year will occur at the Erlanger Branch Library on Sunday, April 29, from 1-4 p.m. My library, the Kenton County Public Library, continues to partner with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County to produce a joint celebration. We trade locations each year, and this year, it is my turn to be the host location. Last year, we had a wonderful celebration at the Madeira Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, as is evident by these photos:

Our event this year, at the Erlanger Branch in Kenton County, Kentucky, will feature Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer! We are actually able to have Dora the Explorer for the whole weekend, so on Saturday, April 28, Dora will go to the neighboring counties and be part of their Día celebrations. Campbell County Public Library will have Dora appearances from 12-1:30 p.m. on April 28, and then the Boone County Public Library will have Dora appearances from 2-4 p.m. Dora will be at our Library on Sunday from 1-4 p.m. The three Libraries – Boone, Kenton and CampbellCounties – divided up the cost of Dora the Explorer so that it was affordable for all of us. We think that Dora’s appearances at all three of our events will really make an impact and bring a lot of recognition and attendance to our events.

In addition to appearances by Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, we are also going to have craft and information tables sponsored by 6 community partners, including the local elementary school. There will be International Storytime, featuring the book Splash being read in 10 different languages. There will be 500 free Dora the Explorer books for children. We have a group of Filipino dancers coming to do their traditional tinikling dance. Another group will perform authentic folk dances from Mexico. Face painting and piñatas will be available. Without a doubt, we are looking forward to a wonderful celebration for Día’s 16^th Anniversary!

Margarita Engle Reads for Día

Throughout this month’s Díapalooza, we’ll feature brief videos of some of the Día Author and Illustrator Ambassadors reading from their books. Our first is Margarita Engle reading at Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature.

Margarita reads from her newest book, The Wild Book and from The Surrender Tree.

Margarita, thank you for your support of Día and for being a Día Author and Illustrator Ambassador!