Don’t miss this great opportunity to showcase your collections and programming for Spanish speakers! As explained on the recent ALSC blog post:
El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), known as Día, is a celebration EVERY DAY of children, families, and reading that culminates every year on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Día is an enhancement of Children’s Day, which began in 1925. Children’s Day was designated as a day to bring attention to the importance and well-being of children. In 1996, nationally acclaimed children’s book author Pat Mora proposed linking the celebration of childhood and children with literacy to found El día de los niños/El día de los libros.
Here are a few places to get great ideas for your library’s celebration:
- Pat Mora is showcasing outstanding library program ideas in her Bookjoy blog
- WebJunction for resources and discussions for serving Spanish speaking Families, Teens & Kids
- Association for Library Service to Children is maintaining a Facebook page for El día de los niños/El día de los libros with loads of great ideas.
- National Latino Children’s Institute for a list of activities ideas.
And as always, I hope you’ll come back and tell everyone what you did to celebrate! Post here in BlogJunction comments or on WebJunction’s discussions.
I should also mention that WebJunction is celebrating the revamp and relaunch of the Spanish Language Outreach course. This self-paced course contains a wealth of information, techniques and tools you can use to jump start your library’s outreach efforts to your local Spanish-speaking community.