In celebration of the 2010 World Cup, my friend author Monica Brown created this short video about Pelé, the legend at the heart of Brazilian Soccer. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixf_dZjI9MoVimeo: http://vimeo.com/12844817
Continue reading →Jane Gagni, Ph.D. shares a wonderful Bookjoy story: “This semester I took my undergrads into a mostly Hispanic fifth grade. Part of what we did was choral reading. I gave the children a choice of which language they wanted to read, … Continue reading →
We thank the many publishers who sent their good wishes for Día and contributed images and links about their diversity books. We hope to see growing support for Día from the publishing community. Candlewick supports Dia’s goals of linking all … Continue reading →
I hadn’t heard of Día until I came to Colorín Colorado, but I quickly found that one of my favorite parts of the job was to learn more about multicultural children’s books and the work of authors like Pat Mora. … Continue reading →
When we read Hope Crandall’s article “Community Collaboration for a Día Celebration,” co-authored with Mary Parra and Deeda Chamberlain and published in the Winter 2009 issue of OLA Quarterly, we knew we wanted to interview her for the blog. Her … Continue reading →
