Santa Fe Autumn: chile ristra and pumpkin, rich colors and flavors
December: a grand tree heavy with snow in High Desert
What colors and symbols enrich your life as we end 2020, a challenging year?
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Alive: December 2020
Introducing Wenfei Tong
I am so pleased to introduce you to my new friend Dr. Wenfei Tong, a biologist, conservationist, and nature guide. She is the author of Understanding Bird Behavior: An Illustrated Guide to What Birds Do and Why and Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds, which have been popular with readers from 6 to over 60. She has been a keen birder since the age of 12 and has shared her love of birds through her writing, public speaking, paintings, photography, research, teaching and nature guiding. Wenfei is also the owner of Big Sky Safaris, in Montana, where she leads nature tours on horseback. You can enjoy Wenfei’s marvelous sketches on her blog, and her photographs on Instagram and Flickr.
Watch an interview with Wenfei on Science on Tap:
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A Bookjoy Moment, November 2020
Our Newest Dynamo: Tracie D. Hall
Día Dynamos, creative and collaborative literacy advocates throughout the U.S., strive to expand Children’s Day, Book Day’s impact in innovative ways. The Dynamos understand that children matter and deserve to be celebrated, that literacy matters, and that linking all children and families to books and bookjoy strengthens communities and our country.
Tracie D. Hall
Tracie D. Hall
Executive Director
American Library Association
We are honored to introduce our newest Dynamo, Tracie D. Hall!
In February 2020, Tracie was appointed the American Library Association’s 10th executive director in its 143-year history. In her new role, she oversees the oldest and largest library association in the world, made up of 57,000 members and more than 200 staffers. Tracie is the first female African American executive director in ALA’s history. She also quickly became a friend of Children’s Day, Book Day (CDBD).