September 11: Do something grand for Grandparents Day

Pat Mora

Grandparents, today is a perfect day to share your wisdom, perspective and stories with your families!

In Pat’s colorful bilingual picture book The Bakery Lady/La señora de la panadería, Mónica yearns to be a baker like her grandparents. Readers will enjoy visiting the wonderfully sweet bakery world of la panadería.

Illustration by Pablo Torrecilla from The Bakery Lady.

Illustration by Pablo Torrecilla from The Bakery Lady.

The love between a boy and his grandfather is at the center of Pablo’s Tree, an adoption story in which Pablo’s grandfather celebrates his birthday in a special way every year.

Illustration by Cecily Lang from Pablo's Tree

Illustration by Cecily Lang from Pablo’s Tree

Celebrate the day AND Día’s 20th anniversary year with these videos featuring grandparents and grandchildren in Santa Clara Pueblo, NM. The videos were created by Día Dynamos Christine Vasquez, a retired librarian and Thom Eberhardt, a retired filmmaker and screenwriter.



Creative Educators = Engaged Students

Pat Mora

With the beginning of a new school year, educators prepare to guide and inspire their students to be imaginative, literate, critical thinkers and lifelong learners. What a challenge!

In ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators & Students, Pat proposes seven practices that can assist in developing personal creativity and professional inventiveness. Following these practices ensures you are tending to your own creative health and are thus able to support your students.