Arte Público Press joins ALSC to promote Día
Children's Day gets a makeover! Join us as we celebrate children and reading with El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day) in April
(CHICAGO) The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, is pleased to announce that Arte Público Press, and its imprint for children, Piñata Books, will be a partner in promoting El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), also known as Día.
Arte Público Press has agreed to offer a 50% discount on books purchased for Día celebrations between February 28 and April 30, 2012. Further information may be found at http://dia.ala.org/partners-sponsors. Also a book list featuring more than 200 titles may be found on the Día home page at http://dia.ala.org.
As the nation’s population continues to become more diverse, more resources to serve those populations are now available to libraries through the new website devoted to Día. Día encourages libraries to support multicultural family literacy throughout the year; and to celebrate children and literacy annually on April 30th.
ALSC has redesigned and reorganized the Día website to offer models of various scope and budget for libraries conducting Día programming. These models are included in a Resource Guide, designed to help libraries with all parts of Día programming. The Resource Guide may be found on the Día website.
A generous grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, to support Everyone Reads @ your library, is allowing ALSC to use the new website to extend Día’s reach to parents, caregivers and children by providing resources directed to them. In addition to the book list of more than 200 titles that features books in nine languages, activity sheets, for use at home, are also included on the website.
Libraries are invited to share their Día activities with other libraries across the country by registering their event through the database located on the website. To each registrant, ALSC will send complimentary stickers and buttons to promote library Día events, while supplies last. Parents and others interested in Día can search the database map for local programs and events; and librarians can review the activities other libraries to learn from their successes.
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. ALSC is collaborating on this effort with the Founding Partner of Dia, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA).
For the Resources Guide, book lists, additional information and to register a Día event, please visit http://dia.ala.org.
