International Children’s Book Day (ICBD), April 2nd is Hans Christian Andersen’s Birthday and is celebrated around the world to inspire a love of reading and promote children’s books. IBBY Mexico has chosen the theme for the 2012 International Children’s Book … Continue reading →
Welcome to our month-long celebration of Día’s 16th Anniversary and to our third annual Díapalooza! Día advocates are readers who believe that children matter and that books matter. We want every child to experience bookjoy, the pleasure and power of … Continue reading →
Next month we’ll be celebrating Día’s 16th Anniversary. Friends ask me what it’s like to have a teenager again (I’m the mother of three grown children), and I laugh and say, “My teenager belongs to a huge national family of … Continue reading →
Thanks to poet and Pilgrimage editor and publisher Maria Melendez and her Con Tinta colleagues, I enjoyed a wonderful day in Chicago, March 1. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) was having its annual conference, and Maria et. al. … Continue reading →
People sometimes ask: do we really need annual observances such as African American History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day, International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month? YES. Do we … Continue reading →
