Día Grants from the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature
Dr. Claudette S. McLinn began awarding an annual grant to a library with African-American focused Día programming.
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Pat’s website welcomed Día Author and Illustrator Ambassadors
Published authors and illustrators added their voices to the importance of linking all children and young people to books, languages and cultures.
Continue reading →ALSC Día website revamped
In preparation for 2012 Día celebrations, ALSC added additional content and reorganized its Día website with additional support from Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Continue reading →Día’s 15th anniversary
Librarians and Día Dynamos Lucia Gonzalez (FL), Jeanette Larson (TX), Oralia Garza de Cortés (TX), ALSC Past-President Cynthia Richey and Pat celebrated with cake at the annual ALA convention in New Orleans.
Continue reading →Día videos from ¡Colorín Colorado!
Día Dynamo Lydia Breiseth, Manager at WETV’s ¡Colorín Colorado! created a series of videos with Pat about Día. Lydia creatively promotes literacy for Spanish-speaking families and connects them to Día.
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