This month, libraries and schools across the country have created bulletin boards and book displays celebrating Hispanic authors and illustrators. Important as these displays and the media attention are, I encourage educators and librarians to include Latina/o authors and illustrators … Continue reading →
Pat Mora talks about her aunt Lobo, the inspiration for her book I Pledge Allegiance, written with her daughter, Libby Martinez. The book is dedicated to Lobo’s memory and “to all new citizens of the United States.” Video provided by … Continue reading →
Diana, thank you for sending me the video you created based on the poem I wrote many years ago, “Legal Alien.” It’s the last poem in my first book, CHANTS. You are the first person on the Creativity Salon I … Continue reading →
Día, a collaboration of national literacy organizations, presses and readers, creatively celebrates all our children, the importance of bookjoy in their lives, and promotes culminating April Children’s Day, Book Day celebrations. We encourage savoring books and sharing them throughout the … Continue reading →
In our cactus garden, the small century plant, agave Americana also known as maguey, amazed us by blooming this June. Natives of Mexico, Texas and Arizona, century plants bloom at the end of their lives. What a lovely notion.
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