Fifteen Years of D

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Fifteen Years of DíaEvery Day is a New Día
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Días Current Reach

• Texas first state to provide statewide support
  for Día.
• Florida and California now also support Día on
  the state level.
• 1000s of libraries celebrate.

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• Días mission is to spread bookjoy every day by
  linking children from all cultures with books,
  and celebrating together on and around April 30.
• The Día goals are to honor children and their
  cultures and languages, to foster literacy, and
  to promote library collections and programs that
  reflect Americas plurality.

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Rainbow of Languages
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Add Día to What You Are Doing

• Preschool Storytime
• Afterschool Programs
• Holiday Celebrations
• Traditional Library Celebrations

• World languages
• Cultural programming
• Holidays from other countries
• Multilingual components

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World Language Storytime

• Pio Pio A Traditional Italian Nursery Song
• Pizza for the Queen
• Craft Paper pizza

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Holi The Festival of Colors

• Here Comes Holi The Festival of Colors by
  Meenal Pandya
• My Hindu Year (A Year of Religious Festivals) by
  Cath Senker
• Serve brightly colored Mango Lassi and Indian
  food
• Invite dancers

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Childrens Book Week

• Emphasize books from all of the countries
  represented in your community
• Work with the national theme but modify
• Connect to Día celebration one leads to the
  other.
• May 7-13, 2012

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More More Ideas?

• South Carolina State Library Day by Day Calendar
• International Childrens Digital Library
• Texas Dia
• Dia California
• ALSC
• Pat Mora
• ALA Office for Literacy Outreach Services
• El día de los niños/El día de los libros
  Building a Culture of Literacy in Your Community
  through Día
• Handout has urls or email larsonlibrary_at_yahoo.com

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The concepts remain.

• Libraries promote the power of books and reading
  to change lives for all children with an emphasis
  on bilingual and multicultural children.
• Every day can be a great día!