Dear Teachers,
Gracias, Thanks! On Teacher Appreciation Day, during Teacher Appreciation Week, I want to thank all my teachers, and in a special way, my K-12 teachers. Their dedication and energy inspired me and still inspire me. Also, they made me memorize many poems ;)
Pat
Happy Día 2015!
Laurina Cashin & Bobbie Combs
Joanna Ison
Special thanks to my wonderful web team and friends, Bobbie Combs and Laurina Cashin, who have been so committed to Día year after year. Also, thanks and a sad goodbye to Joanna Ison, the Program Officer at ALSC the last few years who became my friend as we worked together to promote Día throughout the year. I will miss you, Joanna!
After your celebrations, please take a moment to email us your favorite photo that reflects the spirit of Día 2015. We’re collecting those to make a special Día video for 2016.
As together we build excitement about Día’s 20th Anniversary April 2016, here’s my answer to What’s Día:
Children’s Day, Book Day, El día de los niños, El día de los libros (Día)
- a year-long initiative of creative literacy day by day, día por día
- annual April Children’s Day, Book Day fiestas that celebrate all our children and a year of exciting them about bookjoy
Día, also used for our Diversity in Action, is supported and sponsored by the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, REFORMA and other library organizations, schools and other educational institutions, literacy organizations including First Book, presses, families and readers.
Bookjoy to each of you! Pat
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Tomorrow is Poem in Your Pocket Day! On April 30, the Academy of American Poets offers an annual celebration of poetry. Join the fun by printing a poem to carry with you tomorrow. Be sure to share your poem selection on Twitter by using the hashtag #pocketpoem.
Book Fiesta! A book to celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day
Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day
Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros
“Hooray! Today is our day, ¡El día de los niños!”
“¡Viva! Hoy es nuestro día. El día de los niños!”
So begins this bilingual celebration to read and share throughout the year and certainly on or near April 30th. See children and families from varied languages and cultures enjoy reading–even in a hot air balloon. The words can be sung or used for choral reading.
Find curriculum activities to use with the book.
Hear Pat talk about how Book Fiesta came into being:
Third annual Día blog hop
This week, be sure and check out the Día Blog Hop, presented for the third year in a row by Latinas 4 Latino Lit. Pat’s guest post launches the Hop – read it here. They’ll be featuring three Latino authors or illustrators each day between now and Día, Thursday, April 30th.
