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2009 brochure available in PDF For best results, use 8-1/2" X 14" paper. This bilingual brochure features tips on reading to and with children, a list of recommended books, a list of recommended Web sites, and more. Download and print as many copies as you need.

Logos for Download
We encourage you to use these color and black-and-white logos on flyers and materials you produce for your events, or on your library's Web site.

A bibliography developed by the AAP Publishing Latino Voices in America Task Force and the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee.

A tool kit (PDF) featuring ideas and book suggestions from Random House.

Sample attendee survey you can use to hand out at your events, based on one developed by the Austin, Tex., Public Library, St. John Branch, for Día 2007. If you work with partners and sponsors, you'll want to collect this information to demonstrate the impact of your events.

Articles & Information

Día Fact Sheet
Basic information about the initiative.

"Celebrating Children and Books: El día de los niños /El día de los libros," by Pat Mora and Rose Zertuche Treviño, Book Links, January 2007
This article in the Multicultural Literature issue of Book Links magazine discusses the history of Día and offers ideas for how to celebrate.

Useful Web sites

Día Founder Pat Mora's Web site

REFORMA: the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, is the exclusive Founding Partner of Día.

¡Colorín Colorado!  http://www.colorincolorado.org/calendar/celebrations/dia

Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/dia

National Latino Children's Institute http://www.nlci.org/DLN2004/dlnmain.htm

The El Paso Public Library was a Día Super Site in 2007 and hosts a celebration every year that attracts 35,000 people! See how they do it.
http://www.elpasotexas.gov/kidszone/kidszone_library/diadelosninos/diadelosninos.htm 

Awards

Estela and Raúl Mora Award  has just been announced! The award is sponsored by REFORMA and Pat Mora, and given annually to a library with an exemplary Día program.

Texas State University sponsors the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award (click on Departments, Centers, & Projects--Tomás Rivera Book Award).

Information about the Pura Belpré Awards, sponsored by ALSC and REFORMA.

Día States

Three currently celebrate the initiative on the state level: California, Florida (link expected soon), and Texas. State support of Día can take many forms, and often features mini-grants, downloadable artwork and resources, information-sharing, and the like.