A Valentine for All
Feliz Día del Amor y la Amistad, Happy Valentine’s and Friendship Day! Photo by Louise Docker. Creative Commons license.
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Middlemarch and the BBC?
The cover of the January 26, 2014 issue of the New York Times Book Review is a review of My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead. I had never read George Eliot’s thick Victorian novel and finished it about the … Continue reading →
New Mexico International Reading Association Conference
I was honored to present to the New Mexico IRA this weekend. I always learn from audiences, and I so enjoyed listening to the teachers who were spending their Saturday thinking about how to be more effective. I was saddened … Continue reading →
Meet Día’s New Dynamo!
Merri Monks was born in New Mexico but has spent most of her life in Iowa. She became a librarian because, probably like all the Dynamos, she loves libraries. You can imagine my surprise when, after years of trying to … Continue reading →
Mini-grants for Día Family Book Clubs
Congratulations to the 15 libraries awarded mini-grants from the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) to start their own Día Family Book Club. Thanks to ALSC for its steady support of Día. The winning libraries are: Baldwin Boettcher Branch … Continue reading →