by Adriana Dominguez<\/p>\n
I know that I’m preaching to the choir here, after all, ALSC is the official sponsor of El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros (Children\u2019s Day\/Book Day)! But, as editor of Rayo\u2019s children\u2019s division, and an avid supporter of \u201cD\u00ed\u00ada\u201d\u009d as it\u2019s commonly called, I would be remiss\u00a0if I didn\u2019t mention some of the wonderful new developments surrounding this wonderful celebration in 2008.\u00a0As a member of both the American Association of Publisher\u2019s PLVA (Publishing Latino Voices for America) Committee and ALSC, I am thrilled about the new partnership that has been established between these two noble organizations to create the first ever El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros list of recommended titles to be distributed to all of AAP\u2019s outlets. You can learn more about the list from the press release found here: http:\/\/www.publishers.org\/main\/PressCenter\/DiaPressRelease.htm<\/a>, which also includes a link to the list itself. The list is a result of a collaboration between publishers to make it easier for booksellers and everyone else interested in Latino books to find exactly what they need for their D\u00ed\u00ada celebrations on April 30th, and throughout the rest of the year. Use it, tell your colleagues about it, and hopefully we can have another one next year!\u00a0Rayo is also producing its yearly El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros poster. This year\u2019s poster features the cover of the Spanish language edition of Kevin Henkes\u2019 LILLY\u2019S BIG DAY (El gran d\u00ed\u00ada de Lily). Stop by the Harper booth at PLA or TLA and get your own copy!\u00a0Founded by author Pat Mora, and now housed at ALSC, El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os gives us all a wonderful excuse to celebrate children and books, and to promote Latino literacy. Celebrate D\u00ed\u00ada on April 30th! You don\u2019t need a lot to put together a D\u00ed\u00ada celebration. ALSC\u2019s own D\u00ed\u00ada website (http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/alsc\/diadelosninos\/diadelosninos.cfm<\/a>) has many ideas and resources that you can use. It is a pleasure to witness D\u00ed\u00ada\u2019s growth each year, and I know that together, we can make it even bigger! \u00a1Feliz d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os y los libros!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Adriana Dominguez I know that I’m preaching to the choir here, after all, ALSC is the official sponsor of El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros (Children\u2019s Day\/Book Day)! But, as editor of Rayo\u2019s children\u2019s division, and an avid supporter of \u201cD\u00ed\u00ada\u201d\u009d as it\u2019s commonly called, I would be remiss\u00a0if I didn\u2019t mention some of the wonderful new developments surrounding this wonderful celebration in 2008.\u00a0As a member of both the American Association of Publisher\u2019s PLVA (Publishing Latino Voices for America) Committee and ALSC, I am thrilled about the new partnership that has been established between these two noble organizations to create the first ever El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros list of recommended titles to be distributed to all of AAP\u2019s outlets. You can learn more about the list from the press release found here: http:\/\/www.publishers.org\/main\/PressCenter\/DiaPressRelease.htm, which also includes a link to the list…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7,22,47,13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call-to-action","category-childrens-literature","category-collection-development","category-other-ala-divisionsprograms","category-partnerships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}