A Letter to Children from Pat Mora - June 2009

Dear Girls and Boys,
It has been too long since I wrote you a letter. What have I been doing? In April, I'm always busy visiting El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children's Day/Book Day celebrations. This year, I went to Detroit, Michigan and to Durham and Greensboro, North Carolina. You can see some photos below. I enjoyed meeting children and families and hearing good Latin music.

Do you like music? What's your favorite kind?

I hope that you're reading this summer? I am. Are you sharing books with your family and friends? Did you join the Summer Reading Club at your library? I used to do that when I was a little girl in El Paso, Texas. I hope that your library has the newest book, Wiggling Pockets, from my bilingual series My Family*Mi familia. What do you think is in Danny's pockets?

Bilingual books are a good way to practice reading English and Spanish. I'm bilingual, and I grew speaking both. Now I enjoy writing books in both.

One of my daughters is a cat veterinarian and one (a lawyer) works at the Philadelphia Zoo. The vet and I are going to get a behind-the-scenes visit at the zoo soon. Doesn't that sound like fun? I'll tell you about it when I write you again in the fall.

Your friend,

Past Letters to Children from Pat Mora

November 2007

January 2007

September 2005

June 2004

January 2004

July 2003

June 2003

June 2002