It’s World Read Aloud Day! How are you celebrating?
Illustration by John Parra from Gracias~Thanks.
Happy World Read Aloud Day
Celebrate Library Lovers’ Month With Tomás
Libraries inspire! The story of Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera is just one example.
At Perkins Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, with the help of Des Moines Performing Arts’ Applause Series, each class did a different type of performance based on their experience of reading Tomás. Watch the video:
Lone Star Día
Congratulations and thanks to our friends at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for their Lone Star Día resource page.
We want children and families in every state to enjoy Día!
ZACH Theatre presents Tomás and the Library Lady
Thanks to the Texas State Library and Archives and the Center for the Book of Texas, Pat enjoyed a wonderful production of the play based on Tomás and the Library Lady at the ZACH Theatre in Austin. Members of the Rivera Family, the cast and director, and the Center Coordinator Rebekah Manley are in this happy photo.
Dia audio clips for sharing
ALSC invited Pat to record these Día Public Service Announcements. We hope you’ll share them to encourage families to participate in your Día celebrations!
These are downloadable, broadcast-quality audio mp3 files. To download, right-click on the PSA, select “save link as,” choose computer file location and click “save.”
You can find scripts for these PSA’s on the ALSC Día site.
| 10-second PSA | 15-second PSA en Español |
