April is Poetry Month, but did you know that this is Young Peoples’ Poetry Week ? In honor of this week that celebrates all that poetry has to bring to children and teens, we asked poetry advocate, Sylvia Vardell, for … Continue reading →
It’s National Library Week! We salute Día’s national home, the Association of Library Service for Children (ALSC), a Division of the American Library Association. Register Now for Complimentary Día Brochures! Celebrate! Celebremos! Join colleagues across the country as libraries nationwide celebrate … Continue reading →
April is packed with days and weeks honoring literature, literacy, libraries and young children and we’ll be mentioning them this week. Look for ways you can support Día’s goals when planning for these other events. Today is D.E.A.R. Day — … Continue reading →
Gazel Valdez, Event Coordinator for Día de los Niños/Día de Los Libros in San Francisco sent us this post and photos. The San Francisco Public Library was a 2009 Mora Award winner. The pictures are a mix from previous Día de … Continue reading →
We asked Oralia Garza de Cortés to write about her role in Dia’s history, her work with Día California, and her dreams for Dia’s future. PAST It was the mid nineties, Bill Clinton was our President, and the Spanish sociologist and prolific author and … Continue reading →
